The Second Coming
“They were both emotionally drained. There were a couple of guys and a girl sitting at the other end of the bar carrying-on and a couple of guys playing pool. Alice in Chains was melodically strumming over the jukebox drowning out the crack of the cue ball.
As he sat on his lopsided stool, staring at the hairy knuckles of his interlocked fingers, Mike could have fallen asleep except for the fact that he couldn’t get the image of Vicky’s carcass, hanging defiled in the sanctuary, out of his mind.... There were only two things that would make it go away; alcohol and catching the killer. At the present, alcohol was the only option.
“Jesus Christ!” George said as he approached them from the other side of the bar. “What the hell happened to you guys?”
Big Pete and Mike slowly raised their heads and looked at George blankly. “They found another body,” Big Pete replied solemnly.
“Oh shit. I’m sorry to hear that,” he said with a tilt of his silver-haired head. “Let me get you something to drink.”MoreLess
As he sat on his lopsided stool, staring at the hairy knuckles of his interlocked fingers, Mike could have fallen asleep except for the fact that he couldn’t get the image of Vicky’s carcass, hanging defiled in the sanctuary, out of his mind.... There were only two things that would make it go away; alcohol and catching the killer. At the present, alcohol was the only option.
“Jesus Christ!” George said as he approached them from the other side of the bar. “What the hell happened to you guys?”
Big Pete and Mike slowly raised their heads and looked at George blankly. “They found another body,” Big Pete replied solemnly.
“Oh shit. I’m sorry to hear that,” he said with a tilt of his silver-haired head. “Let me get you something to drink.”MoreLess
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