At First Thought by Pence Ken

Author:Pence, Ken
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

The funeral procession was just leaving the church as Robert and Janet arrived at the funeral home.

One thing about early morning funerals, Robert thought… they separate the true friends from the acquaintances.

The line of vehicles wasn’t long enough to inconvenience the other morning traffic as Janet fell in behind. Not many friends for a dead cop, Robert thought. When they die in the line of duty, everybody shows up. It makes good press for a politician to be seen at a line-of-duty funeral …shows his or her support for the law and order platform. Robert felt contemptuous of many in the string of vehicles. Jeff didn’t have many friends and only an older half-brother…nothing to brag about. I’m surprised there are even this many cars, he thought as he looked down the sparse line of vehicles.

The cars pulled through the cemetery slowly. This was a small private cemetery with high masonry walls around it. It was a throwback from an earlier age; an island of solitude in the bustling sea of activity around it.

Janet pulled off the road and started to get out. They had been in the last car to arrive, so most of the others were already out and standing around the gravesite. Robert put his hand on Janet’s shoulder and kept her from getting out of the driver’s seat. She looked at him questioningly. You see something? she thought.

"No. I just want to start looking before I step from now on," Robert said eyeing the assembled group. "I guess it’s okay. Most of the guys are cops. Nobody is going to do anything here. Let’s go."

As they emerged from the car, several of the heads came up in the assembled groups. Elbows prodded those next to them and the rest of the heads turned in their direction as Robert hobbled up the low hill to the grave site. Robert recognized many familiar faces as he got closer and heard murmurs between them. It took little effort to ‘hear’ their unspoken comments since the comments were about him.

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