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“Speaking of your family, do they want to meet Dmitri?”

“Yeah They’re expectinghim over on Sunday”

“Are you going to do that?”

I pushed some clothes aside and sunk down on the couch “I don’t know yet On one hand, I want theuy But on the other hand, they’re going to be co to literally interrogate Dmitri How can I subject him to that?”

Jess looked up fro and said, “Have you ever actually asked Ds everyone assule heroin into the country? Or if he really is in the Russian mafia?”

“No”

“Why not? Don’t you think there’s even a chance he’s guilty?”

I looked down atwith the he? There’s no way he’slike that But the mafia…I knoho souess I do kind of wonder I know for a fact though that he’d never do anything violent, he’d never hurt anyone He’s a good person, no led up in”

“So even if he really is a criminal, you don’t care”

“I love him Jess, plain and simple I hope to God he really is innocent But if he’s not, that doesn’t cancel out how I feel about him”

“What are you going to do about your job?” she asked,some clothes aside to sit besidea felon, your career’s over”

“Actually, regardless of D to leave the force I was never cut out for police work You know that the only reason I beca else to do when I got out of school So ure out what to do with my life”

Jess nodded “It was never a great fit for you But the fact is, you’re part of a cop family And half the people you know are cops Even if you quit, there’s still going to be a huge conflict Your world and Dether”

“I know And that’s ok I only get a fewmarried, res up with my family It’ll be fine” I cleared my throat as a lump rose up

Jess pulled“Christ, Ja so abruptly