10 James The entire office was buzzing when I walked into work. There was a low murmur, like when something big happened or we caught a break in a big case. For a small town, it didn’t happen frequently, so it put me on edge. Colin Jones was standing in Captain Reynolds’ office, nodding. His arms were crossed over his chest as he listened. He wasn’t in cuffs, so I assumed he wasn’t in trouble. Truth be told, I couldn’t imagine Colin ever doing anything wrong, let alone something illegal. “What’s going on?” I asked the first guy who walked by me. He was young, one of the rookies who was only with us for a short time. Since all our precincts were small, we shuffled rookies around and all worked to train them. “Donation. Must be a big one. I don’t know how much, but someone said—” “Okay

