Chapter 6
“Jack, where the hell are you?”
“Stakeout.”
“Aw, come on. No way, man!”
“I’m sorry, babe. My relief will be here around midnight.”
“Midnight? The chocolate soufflé will be ruined by then!”
“I know. I promise I’ll still love it anyway.
“That’s not the point. You’re in your second trimester. You shouldn’t be sitting out in a car the whole night, stalking some bad guy.”
“Actually, I’m not in the car.”
“Where are you?”
“On the roof of the house opposite.”
“Out in the cold?”
“I have a thermos with hot tea. And I brought the audio tape with the relaxation exercises for the baby you gave me. It’s, um, part two, the one with the wolves howling.”
“They say it’s going to snow later. Does your captain know your endangering your health like this? He knows you’re pregnant.”
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