A Clear Conscience
“There was Bailey, with an evil look, promising there were always means to make a man talk.
‘What did he tell you, Ryan?’ ‘Leave me alone, will you? He told me some things, not everything. There was something more; something he wanted to boast about, apart from the cocktails. Something he was proud of, but guilty about. I don’t know. He’s done something heroic, that man, and he wants to tell. Let me sleep.’ ‘I think he’s wearing his guilt in the wrong pocket. Guilty about the wrong things. Proud... of the wrong things, too.’ ‘Were you always convinced he had something to do with killing Damien Flood?’ ‘Was I? Did I say so? It had to be someone full of hate.’ ‘Well, he knows about hate.’ Ryan’s eyes were closing: the lids felt like heavy coins.
‘His sister might have hated. It was Damien’s baby she had, when she was only a kid herself. There’s a birth and death certificate with Flood’s name on, I found them. Looked like Damien posed as husband. Who would know?’ Ryan opened his eyes.MoreLess
‘What did he tell you, Ryan?’ ‘Leave me alone, will you? He told me some things, not everything. There was something more; something he wanted to boast about, apart from the cocktails. Something he was proud of, but guilty about. I don’t know. He’s done something heroic, that man, and he wants to tell. Let me sleep.’ ‘I think he’s wearing his guilt in the wrong pocket. Guilty about the wrong things. Proud... of the wrong things, too.’ ‘Were you always convinced he had something to do with killing Damien Flood?’ ‘Was I? Did I say so? It had to be someone full of hate.’ ‘Well, he knows about hate.’ Ryan’s eyes were closing: the lids felt like heavy coins.
‘His sister might have hated. It was Damien’s baby she had, when she was only a kid herself. There’s a birth and death certificate with Flood’s name on, I found them. Looked like Damien posed as husband. Who would know?’ Ryan opened his eyes.MoreLess
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