Page 22 of Confessions of the Dead

Sordello:

Before you continue, I’d like to clarify one point.

[Silence]

Sordello:

Matt?

Maro:

Yeah? Sorry. It’s still a little raw.

Sordello:

You said you encountered gunshot victims during your time in law enforcement. This wasn’t in Hollows Bend, correct?

Maro:

No. During training, I did a month in Conway, New Hampshire. It happened there. Drug deal gone bad. Customer tried to rob his dealer; the dealer shot him in the gut. Customer managed to get a round off from this rusty old .38 before going down. It was a mess, both of them on the ground trying to hold their insides in. One of the nastiest things I’ve ever seen.

Sordello:

You left Hollows Bend … for training? Do you remember the exact dates of that?

Maro:

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