Chapter 2Life was circular, it gave and it took without end, and sometimes it took a hit. Stabbing your heart. But every once in a while, life surprised you just when you needed it. Ever since Jimmy had taken the case he’d dubbed Fresh Kill, he’d felt an important component was missing in his investigation. A sounding board. Sage advice, always given by his father’s former partner and Jimmy’s friend, Ralphie Henderson. Ralphie got sick this past spring and the world decided he’d seen enough, and so it stole him, suddenly, like a thief at dusk. A fading shadow. Since then, Jimmy felt he’d lost a lifeline. Maybe that’s why he hadn’t taken a case.
He awoke in his office above Paddy’s Pub two days after his meeting with Myra Connelly to another unexpected phone call. But unlike hers, which ha
