Chapter 10 Summary

The day Billy dies, Dennis goes to identify the body and then to Maeve's to help her deal with the funeral arrangements. After everyone is notified, Dennis goes back to work because he does not know what else to do. On a call that afternoon, he goes to a black church and deals with a reverend who clearly believes Dennis to be a bigot. When Dennis goes to leave, the man slips him ten dollars to ensure the work gets done sooner. Dennis drops the money on the ground.

The episode reminds him of a time some ten years earlier when he learns that he will not get a promotion he wanted because the man who bribed him back in the late forties wrote a letter to his superiors and it is still in his personnel file. Dennis is not happy about this...