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Chapter 1
There’s no place like home
The police substation didn’t sit at the end of the rainbow or anywhere near Kansas, but for soh Sinead O’Rourke’s head as she drew a deep breath and pushed through the double-doors leading into the station house Once inside, she kept her gaze focused straight ahead, ignoring the way conversations died away as one by one the officers on duty noticed who’d entered their midst
So, she’d been gone a while No doubt San Antonio’s finest whispered she looked a little different than they reone nuts for a while But their red-headed stepchild was back
Fuck them, anyway
Sin headed straight to the Lieutenant’s office and knocked on his door
“Come in”
Relieved to escape the thick atmosphere of the open floor, she knew she’d only traded one bleeding wound for another when the patrol shift lieutenant, Clayton Kalisek, glanced up and stiffened at the sight of her “Glad to see you made it, O’Rourke”
“Yeah, I finally got tired of sitting on my ass,” she said with more attitude than she felt “Only so many Dr Phil’s a body can stand”
“Sit down for a second while we have a talk”
She shut the door behind her and warily took the chair in front of his desk Just as she re he was thinking “What’s on your ave me a clean bill of health”
His narrowed gaze landed on the scar on her cheek then locked with hers again “If you’re not ready for this, just say so”
Soed Lieutenant Kalisek still knew just where to stick his dull knife “I’m fine,” she said, her tone curt since she wasn’t about to bother hiding her irritation
“Sure, you are” But he didn’t sound convinced He leaned back in his chair and continued to stare “I’ain Now, I know you two have a history…”
Chappa Shit They had plenty of history, all right Most of it bad “Fine,” she bit out “Have you broken the good news to him?”
Clay’s face tightened with a pained expression “Told him yesterday”
“Wish you’d waited until I was in the roo her lips “Bet he was loud”
The lieutenant’s ice blue eyes narrowed “He’s not going to cut you any slack”