” He hit a button on his phone and said, “Ask Creighton to come back in.”A couple of minutes later the black officer returned. “Grim, this is ...atrolman Creighton Matthews. Creighton, this is Graham Reaper. He’ll be applying for an admin assistant slot. Take him to the break room and get him a pen. If he has any questions, give him a hand.”“Yes, sir.”“Graham, good luck.”That was my cue to leave. I stood up and shook the captain’s hand, and then followed Matthews out. We went down a short. "Present – Ben – Austin TexasI've had a couple hits off the bottle and announce, "That's all for me tonight, I have work to do."The janitor questions, "So where's the Austin Avenger going tonight?"I demand, "What's this Austin Avenger crap?"He tosses a paper to me and says, "That's what the news has named you."I read the paper and while it paints a good picture of me, the Austin police are pissed at me and vow to bring me in. I look at the janitor and ask, "Just how good are the Austin. Let’s just wait until Moreau makes his fatal mistake. Maybe the disappearance of the two kidnappers will push him the last little bit and he’ll come out of his sanctuary.”“Yes, Sir.”“But this was a hair-brained scheme at best. Moreau had to know it wouldn’t succeed, but I suppose he thought the kidnappers might kill a couple of us before we killed them.”Bill interrupted with, “Jeff, we passed a couple of SUV’s sitting on the side of the road after the first turnoff this side of Martha’s. She was acting different almost like she had never been around me before. “Why are you acting so shy today Kara?” I asked. She looked down at the ground and said she was afraid that I’d be mad at her for last night. I reached out and took her hand pulling her close to me hugging her, holding her. I lifted her chin so she was looking me in the eye and said “Kara I could never be mad at you I love you.” She smiled and asked me if I saw her differently after last night I told her the.