A lovely man
The boys in blue arrived when nothing but ashes remained.
The sedan carrying the Mafioso had lost control and crashed into the burning truck, ripping its fuel tank apart. The fire did the rest. The police found Mason Stone sitting on the bonnet of one of the cars at the entrance to the pier. While waiting to hear the sirens, he had lit a cigarette.
When the paramedics rushed to his aid, he pointed them towards the truck driver, who was standing over a wall of burning debris and smoke. As Mason continued to hear him moaning and sobbing, he realised that his life was not in danger and that he could take a few minutes off. He kept his condition to himself, even when Peterson arrived. He was in charge.
"How are you?"
"I've had better days. But worse, too." he replied, scannin
