Chapter 1
The gray, cinder block walls of the men’s restroom did little to deaden the pounding bass and heavy guitar riffs coming from the outdoor stage. Standing at the urinal while he waited for his last cup of beer to piss through him, Vic Braunson stared at a spot on the wall and felt the sheer weight of the day bear down.
This morning he had looked forward to the all-day concert event, ten live bands on stage at Brown’s Island for one last summer hurrah before classes started again at the college downtown. Two radio stations sponsored the event, and the promise of a day in the sun with Matty seemed the perfect way to spend his first weekend off in months—drinking beer from frothy plastic cups, eating hot dogs and cotton candy, listening to hard rock music from a handful of local ac
