Zane arrived back in Hurstville after dark. He felt better after meeting Sanchez. He’d had time to think on the journey back and knew he had to keep his distance from Hope as much as possible.
He would try to steer things through Brian and the other officers as far as possible. He was the chief after all.
His phone buzzed with a message. Talk of the devil…
It was Hope.
Why so quiet?
He looked at the message. He was tempted to answer it but decided not to. He needed to cut ties. Sanchez had let him know he could still get through this with his job and badge intact. But continuing with what he had done with Hope wasn’t going to help him. He was sad at having to cut ties.
He had not felt like this with any woman for a long time. While he hadn’t spent much time with Hope, there was some
