Chapter 46
John’s New Friend
JOHN SINGLETON OPENED the bottle of Jameson whiskey The Professor had given him a few weeks earlier and started to drink as soon as he got home. Maybe this will help me to understand, he thought, as he considered the brutality he’d witnessed a few hours earlier. After all this time, John considered Vent to be a good man, even somewhat of a friend. The police hadn’t protected him from the McGreary brothers. As a matter of fact, Aengus McGreary was known to have a relationship with Ryan MacGregor, who likely provided the brothers with both the access and opportunity. What kind of job is this? We’re supposed to be the good guys. At least that’s what Dad always said.
John’s thoughts turned his attention to the prominent framed picture of his father in full unifo
