November 11, 2014
This year Mr. Finch didn't have to explain away the poppy on his coat. A recent case had ended disastrously a couple of days ago, with the suicide of a fine young man, an artist. Sometimes, no matter how hard you tried, you couldn't help someone determined to hurt himself. Finch had promised the heartbroken father, an ex-Marine, that he would come to the funeral today. Reese had refused.