Men from Boys

Afterword

A tabloid dubbed Edward a vampire because he had licked blood from the murder weapon. Attorney Michael Mooradian said his client had no clear memory of events and was undergoing psychological evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital where, at his niece’s request, he was under a suicide watch. Edward lay on a cot with a charged air of anticipation, as if his brain were a chrysalis in which his very first thought was stirring.

‘I’m going home, Sally. Please come with me.’

‘Where’s home?’

‘Germany.’

‘I have a home.’

‘But not a life.’

‘Why are you doing this? I’d just get in your way.’

‘No, you wouldn’t. And it’s what my father would’ve wished.’

Sally wavered. ‘What about Edward?’

‘My uncle? What more can I do for him? Tell me and I’ll do it.’

Sally looked away. ‘What about Robert?’

‘He’ll survive, believe me,’ Elsa said.

Robert’s license to practice law was suspended for five years. He avoided disbarment by agreeing to make full restitution to the West family, represented by Michael Mooradian.

Michael Mooradian. Born 1932. Haverhill High School, class of 1950. Suffolk University Law School, 1957. Died 2001.