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Jacobi’s voice was still co over the radio

He said, “Effective as soon as you turn in your report, you two are off duty Boxer Conklin I’m proud of you I love you both

“Thanks from me and from Deputy Reardon and a lot of people who’ve never heard of you and never will Many lives were saved Stand down Co to take it from here”

I was shaking with relief when I turned the car keys over to Conklin I got into the passenger seat I leaned back and closed my eyes as he drove us back to the Hall

PART ONE

ONE MONTH LATER

CHAPTER 1

IT WAS OUR wedding anniversary, also our first date night since Joe and I separated sixme up as I was leavin

g work, saying, “I reserved atable Say yes, Lindsay I’ht outside”

I’d given in and noere at the Crested Cormorant, the hot new seafood restaurant on Pier 9, with a frontrow seat on San Francisco Bay Candles flickered on tables around us as a pink sunset colored the sky to the horizon, tinting the rippling water as the mist rolled in

Joe was talking about his youngest brother

“So, at age forty, Petey finally meets the love of his life at a fire depart his alls, and, somehow, that jump-starts his heart”

“You think her T-shirt got wet?”

Joe laughed again I loved his laugh

He said, “Very possibly We’re invited to their wedding in Cozumel next month Think about it, okay?”