The Q-Word. Final First, #9

Lola doesn't know what the hell just happened. A paramedic struggling because that's a job with struggling with, Lola shows up at an apartment building where the hallway is covered in blood. It's a bad day for her- a lot of the city's resources are going elsewhere, and she's got to bear this burden herself. She wants to quit on this day till an apartment door opens and... it's the woman who loves the man who responsible for most of the bloodbath! Sometimes when crazy stuff happens you just need a smoke, a drink and the chance to talk it out.
Especially when you're not exactly sure what the crazy thing was that happened, and you may never be. Matthew Atkinson brings you a mysterious but actually probably heartwarming "aftermath story" from his collection FINAL FIRST- and you know what? If anyone likes this one, he might tell you what happened in the first place. Be first on the scene; the stakes are high!