The handcuffs were put on and the accused paraded in front of the cameras before I could say anything. Heads needed to roll and I wasn’t moving fast enough for anyone. From the third floor window I watched the press conference unfold.
“Killer of Double Homicide Caught!” All the papers would read by tomorrow morning. I’d say this decision angered me. But I knew it would prove helpful. The real killer would be put at ease. Or worse, be insulted that we got it so horribly wrong.
Either way, I felt the solution coming into focus now more than ever.
King Lear - Act 1 Scene 1
LEAR But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA Ay, my good lord. LEAR So young and so untender? CORDELIA So young, my lord, and true.
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