Easter (American Gods) – Works | Archive of Our Own

Sweeney sighed. “Wednesday wanted your man for a job. The kind of job that takes a lot of commitment. You were an obstacle, he wanted you killed. I convinced him that it was better if – well, with enough humiliation, your man there really wouldn’t be hankering after getting back with you. Plus, it was a test of his mettle. If he could handle the news that his wife and friend were caught cheating by the fire department, the cops, all the rubberneckers on the highway, and the local paper, and put up with the shit from his prison buddies without hauling off and getting himself another three years, then he was the perfect man for the job.”

Plus he’d figured she’d top herself and save them all the trouble. He’d seen the business with the hot tub.

(What if Wednesday hadn’t had Laura killed? And then what if he changed his mind?)