A Cop’s Infection
by N.F. David
Published by N.F. David at Smashwords
Copyright 2011 N.F. David
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The brutal, mid-summer heat was Kyle’s hero, as it kept the car windows open, letting at least some of the stink out. Winter was the worst time to be a cop; his partner Bradley could sweat in an ice storm. They were patrolling the after-midnight streets of Brooklyn; but all Kyle could think of was a fire hose, attached to a tank full of Lava Soap. Bradley had a legendary stench: sweat, armpits and breath that could make a jolly exchange offensive. And the size of the man didn’t help. He was as tall as he was fat; crammed into the passenger's side, with a hog gut that made the glove compartment useless. All this, with a uniform forever soiled like pigs in shit, made Kyle wonder how the wife he despised, would suck it up and cheat on him with this slob.
Bradley punched the roof, banging to the metal music that was still annoyingly audible through his headphones. The random noise kept Kyle in a buzz. But he never complained. The Chief knew, as popular as Bradley was with the other cops, nobody wanted to be his partner. Kyle thought he got cool points for the baby-sitting. If only the Chief knew why he stayed next to Bradley for the past two years; if only he knew, Kyle planned on killing the man.