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“It’s all good Jen.  I’m not suspected and the insurance paid the death benefit.  We can spend the rest of our lives together with no money worries.”

“About ‘us’ – I’m afraid that I led you on.  My boyfriend Ted did some checking on you and your marriage and decided you would be perfect for this setup.  He knew that you needed money because of your gambling debts, and had a few brushes with the law in your past.  Getting you to bed was childishly easy.  You are going to sign the insurance money over to me and I’m off with Ted.  Don’t get any bright ideas; my boyfriend is ten times tougher than you Joe and he is right outside the door.”

“That might have worked if I wasn’t carrying the gun that I shot my wife with.”

Bang

Three hundred pounds of Ted crashed through the door and saw Jen on the floor.  Ted wasn’t tougher than a .45 automatic.

Boom

Joe mused “There is only one way out of this.”

Bang

In Raven Cage #53 and Down In The Dirt