Chapter 8
Nick sat on his beat up old couch in front of his normal-sized television watching daytime television. He’d gotten so used to being at Ray’s house his apartment seemed even shabbier and lonelier than ever. Ever since losing his job…okay, being on suspension…he seemed to have done nothing but watch television for two weeks straight. He had little enthusiasm for anything else. A couple of days he’d gone over to help at the mission, but he’d stayed away from the Big Brother program. Too many of his fellow police officers were involved. It was too painful. Of course, guilt ate at him for weaseling out of it.
He was pathetic. No job, no boyfriend.
Coming up next was a soap opera he’d been watching. He had gotten real acquainted with game shows, talk shows, judge shows, and soaps. H
