Chapter 31ANOTHER TRUTH
I'm pleased I told Patricia my story. Confession is good for the soul, even a dressed-up confession, like mine. However, there are some facts that are undeniable. I did argue with Francis, it did cause his heart attack, and I'm very happy that he's dead. Although, perhaps one or two things are not quite as clear as I portrayed them.
We bend the rules, tell white lies, speak the truth, but not the whole truth; if the outcome is good, what does it matter?
It all began when I went to visit Poullet. We were discussing the problems that Francis was causing, and he made a joke. 'If all else fails, you have a g*n', he said. This conversation led to further talk about methods of death. Morbid, perhaps, but cops and doctors go hand in hand with death.
“Do you know that a
