The paper had covered the crash in the news pages, before the funeral arrangements had been made. Billy had avoided the news coverage. He had no choice but to read the obituary. He typed with clattering fury. PROVIDENCE—Heidi M. Ward, 20, a senior at the University of Rhode Island, originally from Bar Harbor, Maine, died last Saturday in a two-car accident on Route 1 in Narragansett, on her way home from Scarborough Beach. Police have charged the driver of the other vehicle with operating under the influence of alcohol and motor vehicle homicide. He closed his eyes and touched-typed. Heidi was only twenty years old. Can you goddamn believe this? She was 20. This is not a typo, ladies and germs. 20 FUCKING YEARS OLD!! She was a premed student ranked eighth in her class at a pretty damn good school, so we can assume she was a decent person, unlike the hateful son of a bitch who killed her on the highway and who probably will get away with it. Because that’s the way things work in this corrupt little state!!!
