They Broke My Wife’s Legs and Called It an Accident — The Sheriff Had No Idea What I Actually Did for the Army
A man who wins with his fists feels a hot rush at the end.
A man who wins with the truth feels something quieter and more permanent: not the thrill of a blow landed, but the deep, level satisfaction of a thing set right, correctly, in a way that lasts.
I did not need to feel triumphant over Roy Prescott.
I only needed him to be exactly where he now was, and my wife to be exactly where she now was, and those two facts were worth more than any satisfaction his ruin could have given me.
Chapter 19 — Because I Kept My Head