Page 22 of Confessions of the Dead
Sordello:
Before you continue, I’d like to clarify one point.
[Silence]
Sordello:
Matt?
Maro:
Yeah? Sorry. It’s still a little raw.
Sordello:
You said you encountered gunshot victims during your time in law enforcement. This wasn’t in Hollows Bend, correct?
Maro:
No. During training, I did a month in Conway, New Hampshire. It happened there. Drug deal gone bad. Customer tried to rob his dealer; the dealer shot him in the gut. Customer managed to get a round off from this rusty old .38 before going down. It was a mess, both of them on the ground trying to hold their insides in. One of the nastiest things I’ve ever seen.
Sordello:
You left Hollows Bend … for training? Do you remember the exact dates of that?
Maro:
