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By: Steph

The last time this happened, it had been a young girl who did it. She was no older than 17, and if Cole’s memory served him right, she was going to college to be a pediatrician. The walls in her bedroom had been jacketed in a fuchsia paint, still drying, her floor was clean and smelled of pine odor. Cole remembered her mother saying in the report that she found blood in her daughter’s underwear when she did the laundry a day prior to when she killed herself. The mother said her daughter had been out late the previous night, and came home crying. She didn’t say what was wrong when her mother asked. The mortician later concluded she had been raped, and that she was a virgin. Cole never felt so invested in contributing the succor to the mother, surety that although she would grieve, she would overcome it. He never told her there would be days she would do the laundry and step to the washer holding the basket and just stand there, staring into nothing, and thinking absently about her daughter. There would be days she would accidentally put aluminum foil in the microwave and she would cry intermittently until her face was dry. He knew this for he lost a child, and he didn’t intend to lose his own daughter.
That was the last time.
An hour ago, Miller called Cole while he had been in the shower and Cole missed the first call but the answering machine released Miller’s message that Elliot McNamara was reported to have committed *******. Gunshot wound below the lower jaw shelf. The chief put Cole on the case.
Cole got out the shower and as he dried off he stared at the telephone and debated on dialing the precinct and relinquishing the case to another detective. He placed his hand on the headset, and picked it up and hung it back on the hook. He heard Courtney downstairs talking to someone on the phone. He smelled eggs and toast and coffee lingering in the room, blowing through the vents. He sifted through his wallet and found a little over forty dollars. He went to the bed and lifted the pillow and picked up his pistol and ejected the clip and popped out a single .45 cartridge and slipped it in his ****** pocket. After he put the weapon in the shoulder holster he snapped it shut around the handle and jiggled it to be sure it was secure.
While he was in the car, he lowered the sun visor while the sunlight stumbled through the windshield through the soft rap of snowflakes being cut by the wipers. The road had been slippery and there had been an accident Cole would just miss coming off the beltway towards I-95.
The McNamara home was about twenty minutes away from Cole’s home on a good traffic day, but it took him the better part of an hour to get there even though he took an exit ramp and left the beltway before he drove too deep into the congested area.
When he was pulling off the ramp, Miller called his cell. Cole reached in his inside pocket and felt there, but no phone. He kept one hand on the steering wheel and patted his chest and landed his fingers on his phone through his coat on the ****** pocket of his dress shirt. He turned down the radio news almost to a mute.

There was evidence of police activity maybe three blocks before the McNamara home. Squad cars resting in the rain, lights flashing through the gray. Oncoming sirens piercing the silence. He pulled in front of the house; the big and strapping family seat made out of brick and plastic and good shingles covering the roof. Yellow tape around the perimeter. Possibly fifteen squad cars parked out front. Residents standing out their windows or standing on their porches and talking on phones. Troopers stood outside the house looking up at the two broken windows on the second story like mountain climbers at the piedmont scoping their next venture. They wore dark blue raincoats. Men walked in and out the house with plastic baggies and paperwork and some with nothing at all. Some walked out with their hands covering their mouths and clamping their nostrils shut with their index and ring fingers. Cole parked the Crown Vic a house away and shuffled to the front door and stepped inside and generously wiped his feet on the floor mat. A man in the living room wearing a trench coat and a tan blazer underneath spotted Cole and walked over to him. His forehead was damp from the rain. Or maybe he was sweating.
Buncha guys been in and out, he said.
You have a time of death?
Figure it was sometime last night. Coroner will know more.
Where is he?
Upstairs. They hadn’t even cut him down yet. His f*cking face is blue.
Geez, nobody likes to read, huh?

By: S.T.Y.G.

A. True

B. False

2. If two cars get to a four-way stop intersection at the same time, the car making a left turn should always be given the right of way

A. True

B. False

3. Alcohol or drug addiction affects the entire family

A. True

B. False

4. A blue sign might designate:

A. A hospital

B. A pedestrian crossing

C. Both A and B

5. You can help prevent fatigue by:

A. Getting as much rest as possible the night before driving.

B. Taking frequent rest stops.

C. All of the above.

6. A DUI/OWI conviction stays on your record for

A. 10 years

B. 25 years

C. 75 years

7. Traffic collisions are the number one killer of children in America.

A. True

B. False

8. Alcohol or drugs not only impair your driving they

A. Impair your thinking and reasoning

B. Impair your judgment

C. All of the above

9. A pool of standing water could be hiding

A. flash flood currents that could sweep your car away.

B. deep sinkholes.

C. all of the above.

10. Addiction is

A. Compulsive

B. Repulsive

C. Voluntary

11. A large car fire presents the possibility of

A. an explosion.

B. toxic fumes.

C. both of the above.

12. When crossing a street, pedestrians

A. should always use a crosswalk, if it is available

B. should wait for traffic to stop for them

C. all options

13. At 25 MPH, it will take you about _____ feet to stop your car

A. 25

B. 62

C. 144

14. When you are turning left, you must yield the right of way to oncoming traffic.

A. True

B. False

15. If you have the right-of-way:

A. You should always take it

B. Have other cars go first

C. Never insist on it

16. A driver is labeled a habitual traffic offender if they receive fifteen total traffic convictions within a five-year period.

A. True

B. False

17. Ethanol is

A. A mood altering drug

B. Stimulant

C. Narcotic

18. Alcohol is

A. A Stimulant

B. A Depressant

C. Neither

19. In a crash test using dummies without seat belts, at 25 MPH, the dummy had half its head taken off by the rear view mirror

A. True

B. False

20. If you are involved in a collision and you do not stop at the scene

A. You can always make a police report later.

B. You are breaking the law

C. You may proceed as long as there is no injury

21. Every time you are convicted of a moving violation it will appear on your driving record.

A. True

B. False

22. Prescription drugs

A. Are always okay to take when driving as long as they are prescribed by a doctor.

B. May never be taken when driving.

C. May be illegal to take when driving.

23. People who drink too much only hurt themselves

A. True

B. False

24. You should check your mirrors

A. Once every hour

B. Once every 10 to 15 seconds

C. Once every two to three minutes

25. The best tool to extinguish a small gasoline or diesel fire is a portable fire extinguisher.

A. True

B. False

26. Your driving record will never be available to the public

A. True

B. False

27. The best safety feature for preventing whiplash is the:

A. Seatbelt

B. Headrest

C. Airbag

28. One drink means

A. shot of 80 proof alcohol

B. one beer

C. Either of the above

29. If you are being followed by a tailgater, you should change lanes or slow down to encourage them to pass

A. True

B. False

30. You may lose your license

A. When you turn 70 years old

B. If you accumulate too many points on your driving record

C. If you stop driving for more than five years

31. Two parallel white lines indicate:

A. A crosswalk

B. Indicates the time limit for a parking space

C. Marks a non-crossable point in the road

32. Alcohol is a gateway drug

A. True

B. False

33. The chances of being involved in an auto collision once a year are:

A. 1 in 25

B. 1 in 100

C. 1 in 250

34. The maximum speed limit on a Florida highway, unless otherwise posted is 55 m.p.h.

A. True

B. False

35. If the lane you are driving in ends, you should accelerate into the next lane

A. True

B. False

36. A limit line marks a crosswalk and the beginning of an intersection.

A. True

B. False

37. The court may suspend, restrict or delay the driving privilege of a minor.

A. For below average grades

B. For running a stop sign

C. If convicted of vandalism or being habitually truant.

38. Driving a car is similar to:

A. Riding a bicycle

B. A loaded weapon

C. Riding a motorcycle

39. BAC stands for

A. Basic Alcohol Consumption.

B. Basic Alcohol Comprehension.

C. Blood Alcohol Concentration

40.

By: little berrick