Then he threw up again.
An hour later, a Sheriff’s cruiser pulled into the driveway. It wasn’t one of the deputized minions. It was the Sheriff himself. He held his hat in his hands, then said to all of them, “I’m so sorry to have to tell you this. Sandy was struck by a truck. He . . . passed away. I’m truly sorry.”
Because of the nature of Sandy’s death, the county had an autopsy done in case charges had to be filed. But when they opened him up, they found his entire insides were full of cancer.