I thanked him but assured him that our team had carried much of the load and I was just the spokesman. I don't think he bought it but he didn't add an...thing further.When I packed up that afternoon it wasn't with any sense of loss, more one of relief. I'd made my decision and I wasn't having any second thoughts. I may never have a job that would earn me as much as this one did but I'd come to the realization that money wasn't everything. Perhaps I had to be in my position to be able to. Do you have a good team?”“They seem nice. They are high schoolers, but one is a Healer. That makes up for the rest, and bringing a Healer in with me is a huge safety net.”“Just be safe.”“I will and thanks.”Georgia Bell, my counterpart at the Illinois PD, was a gossiper. She would chat about everything and anything, I had added her to my IM and she would complain about the world if I let her. Thankfully she was as busy most of the time during the day and we didn’t chat much outside of breaks and. “So rude. So greedy...” She pumped him again. “Do you want it to end, already?”They sucked and licked, as if he was cast of spun sugar. He nodded, desperate, thrashing against the ropes as they slathered their lips up and down the length of him. His muscles tightened like coiled steel. His feet and toes clenched. His fingers dug into the mast at this back. The pulsations were starting. He couldn’t stop them.“Let him down,” the girl smacked her lips, and all three rose up around him, “... He’s. " Oh?" I came to apologize." He doesn't want to see you anymore. You broke that boy's heart."Zoey sighed. She wondered if Lance's dad knew what really went downSaturday. How could she apologize if she didn't know what version of thestory he knew. "I let him down. He trusted me. And I failed." You also promised me you would never hurt him, Zoey." I know, sir, and I need to apologize to you too. Please believe me - Inever meant for any of this to happen."Dad paused for a long moment, filling Zoey.