Entering the house I was surprised by the lack of noise; no blaring television, no bass heavy dance music on the stereo, just complete silence. I thou...ht to myself that perhaps Luke had grown a pair and told him to go, finally. The only sound was the click of my heels on the wooden floor as I went to hang my coat in the hallway by the stairs. As I removed my coat I began to hear a faint dull thud coming from upstairs, nothing major but a slow constant bang. With a heavy heart it dawned on me. Internal Affairs were silent about the entire incident because they had some things they wanted to hide as well.Uncle Joe told me to bring a check to his mother’s house to cover the cost of the funeral and expenses of burial and tell her it was from the Police Benevolent Society. I don’t think his mom believed me but she took the brown bag with the cash and thanked me for it all the same. I also got tasked with a brown bag delivery to Raymond’s ex-girlfriend over in Brooklyn with a year old. "I knew there was no getting out of it, so I said, "Tomorrow, but you are flying with me too."During dinner it was decided that all the family would be going with me. Our plan was to recover as much food as we could. Carol was going to fly with Joy in the morning and stop by the air base and borrow the biggest chopper they had. I was told it was actually owned by the Air National Guard and look like a giant bug. Now my curiosity was up, I could hardly wait to see it.Ken and his family ate with. Still, we’d been invited to Shelby’s wedding three weeks after we graduated and it was obvious she was pregnant. And she was happy about it. We hadn’t been close since she and Forrest broke up, but I still considered her a friend. I’d have to talk to Aubrey about what she felt. It wasn’t like we were fucking each other every night. In fact, I didn’t think any of us had made love since school started.By the last week of October, I started feeling like I’d about got the hang of college life. Then.