It was so easy to pick the briefcase up. Easier, in fact, than it would have been to explain why he was behind the bar at midnight. He couldn’t turn it into the cops. If the cops got involved, then his wife would know. And if his wife knew, she’d wonder why he was in […]
The relief he’d felt when he finally gave himself permission was so incomparably great that he wondered why it had taken him so long. He’d dreamed about this from the first crack in his voice those 16 years ago, and here he was now, preparing. And tonight, it was finally going to happen. Finding everything […]
Tommy woke to voices arguing outside his room. He didn’t care about his “just this once” or her “you fucking owe me,” he just wanted them to shut up so he could finally get some sleep in this damn hospital. Instead, the woman walked in and over to his bed. “Sorry to wake you. We […]
It’s only arson. Arson ain’t that bad of a charge. I mean, sure, it’s a felony and all, but the sentence could be a lot worse. Here in sunny old California, I’ll do a year and a half to three years, not even max sec. In and out again before the kid gets old enough […]
