There are seven stages to grief. They begin with shock and end with acceptance, and somewhere in between are bargaining and anger. But in the mind of a powerful man, a man used to getting what he wants, bargaining and anger might become confused -- or simply fused. So that what follows is not so much bargaining as blackmail. Or extortion. This is the story of a high-powered lawyer in the depths of grief, whose grudge against God takes a turn so dark he needs a match to light his way.
There are seven stages to grief. They begin with shock and end with acceptance, and somewhere in between are bargaining and anger. But in the mind of a powerful man, a man used to getting what he wants, bargaining and anger might become confused -- or simply fused. So that what follows is not so much bargaining as blackmail. Or extortion. This is the story of a high-powered lawyer in the depths of grief, whose grudge against God takes a turn so dark he needs a match to light his way.