Gambling
He sat in the same spot every night when he was off duty. He sat there until his
mind was numb enough from the liquor not to remember the past or the fact that he went
home to an empty house. The bar tender watched with pity as the bitter cop drank away
his sorrows. She remembered when he used to come here with Jackie, they were always
so happy. But he had a gambling problem and they ran out of money she decided to go to
war. She went missing on her first tour, maybe if he hadn’t gambled, she wouldn’t have
either.
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