Chapter 4

Joseph told me that Tracy had run into some gangsters while waiting for me outside the station. Thanks to our recent crackdown on illegal activities, I'd arrested their leader.

They wanted to get revenge on me, so they knocked Tracy out and dragged her away. Then, they'd chopped her limbs off and thrown her remains into a nearby drain.

I couldn't believe Tracy was dead. I looked into Joseph's eyes, my disbelief evident.

He lowered his head and sighed. Meanwhile, Ruth slumped onto the desk and burst into tears.

"You're an asshole, Eugene! None of this would've happened if you'd brought my mother into the station sooner!"

She wanted nothing more than to kill me when she thought about Tracy's death being an act of revenge on me. Tracy had only been at the police station to bring me chicken soup.

I had planned to propose to Ruth the following week, but that had to be set aside because of this. She refused to forgive me and even moved out of our shared apartment.

I called and