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Carly had told him to trust his instincts; Carly had told him that
he would know what to do with the letter.
And Carly, he suddenly realized, had been exactly right, about
half of it, anyway. He knew he wanted to give the letter to Katie.
He just wasn’t sure whether she was ready to receive it.
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Hey, Kevin.” Bill gestured to him. “Can you come into my office
for a minute?”
Kevin had almost reached his desk, and Coffey and Ramirez
followed him with their eyes. His new partner, Todd, was already
at his desk and offered a weak smile, but it faded quickly before
Todd suddenly turned away.
His head was throbbing and he didn’t want to talk to Bill first
thing in the morning but Kevin wasn’t worried. He was good with
witnesses and victims and knew when criminals were lying and
he made lots of arrests and the criminals were convicted.
Bill motioned for him to sit in the chair and though Kevin didn’t
want to sit, he took a seat and wondered why Bill wanted him to
sit because usually he stood when the two of them were talking.
The pain in his temple felt as if he were being stabbed with a
pencil, and for a moment Bill simply stared. Bill finally got up and
closed the door before propping himself on the edge of his desk.
“How are you doing, Kevin?”
“I’m fine,” Kevin answered. He wanted to close his eyes to lessen
the pain, but he could tell that Bill was studying him. “What’s
up?”