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She’d taken off her wedding ring

He’d wanted to punch a wall Instead, he did soet the better of him He should have knos of their separation would be all over town before sunset

“No one’s getting a divorce” He tossed an eer into the trash

“So, it’s not true?” Rusty asked hopefully

“We’re separated,” Zeke ad way off from a divorce”

Rusty’s shoulders sagged with relief “Oh, okay Sorry about the separation, but I know you tork it out”

“Thanks for the vote of confidence”

“Sure, Chief” Rusty suddenly looked e at the office?”

Zeke hadn’t realized anyone in the departhts on the couch in his office He’d underestimated Rusty’s detective skills

“Roger that”

“My cousin has a fishing cabin out along the river Hardly uses it at all There’s no air-conditioning and the roof leaks when it rains, but I bet you could stay there if I ask”

So this is what his life had co cabin Still, Zeke couldn’t help but feel touched by the offer “Thanks, Rusty, but I’ll figure so at the office hasn’t been too bad I’ve been catching up on paperwork”

He’d caught up on paperwork four nights ago He’d also cleaned out the closets, written up t policies on the use of handcuffs, and gone on three ht calls that would have normally been covered by one of his patrolmen So far, he’d put out a kitchen fire for Mrs Alderot the fire department and the police department mixed up), checked out a possible B&E over at the Ace Hardware (a stray cat had tripped the security alarm) and taken a call fro that the delivery trucks be ‘quieter’ at ‘five-o-da’

It had been an interesting few nights, all right

A few un to his head