He coughed and then he looked straight at me. It was the first time any cop in the burger bar had done that since I started working there.

"Too late" I said, smiling at him.

His eyes were going out of focus already and a dumb smile started to spread across his face as he slowly swayed back against the wall.

"Must be some pretty strong happy-stuff in the spray as well" I thought, which made sense. It's difficult to stay awake when you're feeling really euphoric.

I watched as he slowly slid down the wall to slump on the floor with a final grunt.

The last time I saw a cop with a smile like that was when he had just finished a double mega-jumbo-beefy-burger-meal washed down with three beers!