The Kiss of Death
"My sister thought about divorce, but he refused every time. Whenever she filed for divorce, he'd come up with evidence that their relationship hadn't completely broken down, and my sister, softhearted as she was, could never follow through."
"And then?" I asked quietly.
"She couldn't endure the pain and humiliation any longer, so she took her own life.
"After her death, we discovered that that despicable man had taken out a significant life insurance policy on her years earlier. He collected the payout, moved to a new city, remarried, and lived comfortably.
"Because it was suicide, the law couldn't directly link her death to him.
"I used to work in narcotics. I brought down countless danger