Final Reckoning: The Fate Of Bester - Plot & Excerpts
the examiner said, adjusting his gloves.“Not a drop of water in his lungs.”He touched a contact on the edge of the examining table. A ribbon of blue light appeared on the toes of the naked corpse and moved slowly toward his head.“Let’s see what the toxicology shows us,” the doctor murmured.Inspector Girard nodded wearily. He had just pulled four shifts back-to-back, and was having a hard time concentrating on what the examiner was saying. That was bad, but it was better than going home, where his wife would either start screaming at him or just sulk, sullenly, burning him with her eyes. And going to Marie, now, was out of the question. He was a detective, yes? He should know better. The mistake every criminal made was in thinking that they were smarter than every other criminal, that they were the ones who wouldn’t be caught.He, an inspector with almost twenty years behind him, and he had thought he could keep his affair with Marie a secret? He supposed he might have, if Marie hadn’t become pregnant, or if…Bah.
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