[PART 2]
3 1/2 YEARS LATER
Didn't you work here?"
Jack was given an officer's funeral. Not even that, he was given a Chief's funeral. Hundreds of emergency vehicles around the city escorting him to his grave, people crying and grieving, even those that didn't know him. A lot of officers were upset as well, and everyone Salem saw seemed genuine.
Catrine was not, and she didn't get the satisfaction of seeing the last remaining Heart family member grieve. Salem made sure of that. He was stone faced the entire time, and talked to nobody but the officers he trusted. The ones who cared. Salem didn't associate with the woman for years, not until he graduated the police academy and was forced to. Then again, even that was one sided—she congratulated him, like she did with the rest of his class, and he ignored her entire fucking existence.