Chapter 5
WHEN BRODY WALKED into the station to begin his second shift, Ron said, “Damn, Brody you look like you had a great two days.”
“You can say that again. I spent both days with my grandfather down at the lake, and it was great. I swam serious laps in the lake twice a day, and spent most of the rest of the time lying in the sun.”
“Nothing like a little R and R to revive the spirit.”
“Yeah.”
Brody’s second shift went pretty much like his first shift had, and by the time he went to bed that night he felt that he’d really begun to pull his weight with the team. For once, their sleep was uninterrupted by calls, and Brody rolled out of the sack at seven the next morning feeling alert and refreshed. Then he spotted something that made his jaw drop.
As he stood between the beds, he sa
