Sins of the Fathers
Also by James Scott Bell
FICTION
Deadlock
Breach of Promise
The Darwin Conspiracy
Circumstantial Evidence
Final Witness
Blind Justice
The Nephilim Seed
City of Angels*
Angels Flight*
Angel of Mercy*
A Greater Glory
A Higher Justice
A Certain Truth
Glimpses of Paradise
NONFICTION
Write Great Fiction: Plot & Sturcture
*coauthor
Our fathers have sinned, and are not;
and we have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations 5:7 KJV
Everybody’s got their dues in life to pay.
Steven Tyler, “Dream On”
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Sins of the Fathers
Copyright © 2005 by James Scott Bell
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Bell, James Scott.
Sins of the fathers / James Scott Bell.
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For Nate
CONTENT
Ollie M. Jones would be the first one the cops would talk to. The fact that he was spattered with blood no doubt had something to do with it. His white jersey with the blue Royals across the front was a canvas of dappled red, certain to catch the attention of the responding police officers.
But Ollie would look back on it and know it wasn’t the blood that nabbed the gaze of the young LAPD badge, the one with the dark eyes and bull shoulders. It was the screams that did it.
Ten minutes after it happened, Ollie was still screaming, unable to keep the horror silent.
