It was a non-committal sound, the noise polite strangers made at chit-chat. The night was warm. Virgil unbuttoned his suit jacket, exposing the white shirt beneath. His tie was navy blue.
"I've got my own business," he said with a touch of pride. On any other occasion, he'd have produced a card, but shilling for customers at a funeral seemed classless. The cigarette in his mouth burned on.
"I was a cop for a while, but law enforcement turned out to be not my thing, so I put in my papers and went civilian again."
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It was a non-committal sound, the noise polite strangers made at chit-chat. The night was warm. Virgil unbuttoned his suit jacket, exposing the white shirt beneath. His tie was navy blue.
"I've got my own business," he said with a touch of pride. On any other occasion, he'd have produced a card, but shilling for customers at a funeral seemed classless. The cigarette in his mouth burned on.
"I was a cop for a while, but law enforcement turned out to be not my thing, so I put in my papers and went civilian again."