Shadowfires
“He had fallen off his makeshift ladder—just as he’d caught a glimpse of the dead woman sprawled in the garbage. She wore a cream-colored summer dress with a blue belt.
The wino’s name was Percy. He couldn’t remember his last name. “Not really sure I ever had one,” he said when Verdad and Hagerstrom questioned him in the alley a short while later. “For a fact, I ain’t used a last name since I can remember. Guess maybe I did have one sometime, but my memory ain’t what it used to be on account of ...the damn cheap wine, barf brew, which is the only rot I can pay for.”
“You think this slimeball killed her?” Hagerstrom asked Verdad, as if the alky couldn’t hear them unless they spoke directly to him.
Studying Percy with extreme distaste, Verdad replied in the same tone of voice. “Not likely.”
“Yeah. And even if he saw anything important, he wouldn’t know what it meant, and he won’t remember it anyway.”
Lieutenant Verdad said nothing. As an immigrant born and raised in a far less fortunate and less just country than that to which he now willingly pledged his allegiance, he had little patience and no understanding for lost cases like Percy.MoreLess
The wino’s name was Percy. He couldn’t remember his last name. “Not really sure I ever had one,” he said when Verdad and Hagerstrom questioned him in the alley a short while later. “For a fact, I ain’t used a last name since I can remember. Guess maybe I did have one sometime, but my memory ain’t what it used to be on account of ...the damn cheap wine, barf brew, which is the only rot I can pay for.”
“You think this slimeball killed her?” Hagerstrom asked Verdad, as if the alky couldn’t hear them unless they spoke directly to him.
Studying Percy with extreme distaste, Verdad replied in the same tone of voice. “Not likely.”
“Yeah. And even if he saw anything important, he wouldn’t know what it meant, and he won’t remember it anyway.”
Lieutenant Verdad said nothing. As an immigrant born and raised in a far less fortunate and less just country than that to which he now willingly pledged his allegiance, he had little patience and no understanding for lost cases like Percy.MoreLess
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