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Cindy scrolled to the top of her page Under the headline was her lead paragraph

Edward Lahini, a patient at the Hyde Street Psychiatric Center on Bush Street at Hyde, was shot to death today by a homicide inspector of the SFPD

Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, as present at the scene during the incident, said, “Mr Laht people He was are He refused to drop his weapon and attee with a lethal injection before he was brought down”

Lindsay’s quote was perfect Richie hadn’t been able to speak to her on the record about his take-down of Neddie Laround color that had e in the trash rooround tunnel

The story was good Vivid Accurate Moving

Cindy reread the entire four-thousand-word piece again, tightened it up in a few places, spell-checked everything

Then she sent her story to the editor in chief, Henry Tyler

While she waited for hi, he’d been in deep sleep getting the rest he deserved and needed

“I’ chocolate chocolate chip ice creaht?”

“Totally right”

“And now I think I’ll go back to bed” Cindy s him “See you later I love you,” she said

“I love you, too, Cin”

Tyler buzzed her

She punched a button on her console “Henry?”

“Great job, Cindy Fire away Let’s meet after lunch and discuss your follow-up on this”