“Why did you destroy the evidence?” “I couldn’t help thinking that there are a lot of good people here who had good reason to hate Jimmy and wouldn’t mind seeing him dead. What if it was one of our neighbors? This is the kind of thing that can tear a place apart, Angie. I thought that no one in this whole county would grieve Jimmy Quinn, and if I got rid of evidence that might say it was anything other than a terrible accident or, hell, even a suicide, we could all get back to our normal lives pretty quick, and things could just go on the way they always have. Maybe even a little better
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