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I sighed “Will you keep me updated on that? Do you want me to talk to anyone that I know?”

I was sure that I wouldn’t be as much help, but I did know a feyers myself Between the two of us…

“No Let’s wait to hear back frooing to go ho today?”

I could tell that she thought I was going to say I had to work

But I could hear the sadness in her voice, and though there were two cases I orking on, both I aiting to hear back from a few leads on, so that meant that I had a couple of hours of free time on my hands

“You want to meet me for breakfast?”

I was so freakin’ proud of her

She’d quit her job

Granted, I wasn’t happy for the reason that she had to quit her job, but I was happy that sheherself happy

I never wanted her to be unhappy

“I’d love to,” she admitted “Where at?”

I told her the diner—which was one of two breakfast places in town—and headed thereup with her

I was about three-quarters of the way there when a speeder in a school zone caughta bitch and flash ht and siren

Getting out of ood distance away fro forty-five in a twenty, ma’am?”

The woe in her face as she said, “Truthfully?”

I waited, not bothering to warrant that silly question with a reply

“I, uh…” she hesitated “I really have to use the bathroom Like, on a scale of one to ten, I’m at about a fifty-three”

I could see now that she eating and looked like she was ready to throw up

I sighed “Having to take a shit is no reason to speed through a school zone”

She sed hard “I didn’t notice that it was a school zone, or I surely wouldn’t have sped I swear to God”

A histle caught ing out theof her car with her fingers in the shape of a circle at her lips

When she saw she had my attention, she said, “You’re lookin’ fine, officer!”

I snorted