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About the Author: Robin Yocum is a former crime reporter and an Edgar-nominated author of six novels and two non-fiction crime books. Favorite Sons was the 2011 USA Book News Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense. A Brilliant Death was an Edgar finalist. His short story, "The Last Hit", was selected for 2020 The Best American Mystery Stories anthology. His next book, The Sacrifice of Lester Yates, is set for release April 27.
“Get me a beer. Do you think you can do that without screwing it up?”
I could, of course, but he wouldn’t live long enough to find out.
Jimmy was still screaming at the television, something about Florida State sitting on the ball and not covering the spread, when I put a slug from a snub-nose .38 into the back of his skull.
That was one of the benefits of being married to a guy who worked as an enforcer for Joey Lemons; there were always plenty of loaded guns lying around the house. I was coming back from the kitchen with his beer—a longneck Rolling Rock—when I saw the .38 sitting on the book shelf next to a copy of From Here to Eternity, and I thought, How friggin’ appropriate is that?
I’d had all the slaps, backhands and degrading remarks that I was going to take. I made the decision to kill him that instant. I’m not sure I even broke stride. I made my way across the living room with the Rolling Rock in one hand and the revolver in the other. Under different circumstances, he might have found that incredibly arousing. But definitely not this time.
No, definitely not.
When I was close enough that it was impossible to miss, I extended my arm and pulled the trigger.
Simple as that.
The roar was deafening in the living room and flames shot out the barrel and singed his lacquered hair.
Robin’s work has always kept me wanting more. This is a simple story but entertaining. I grew up in eastern Ohio and read about these situations often. Loved this tidbit!
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