He hadn’t been sure how long they were gone from the fire department. It had been most of the day, it had seemed. And when they’d gotten back things hadn’t improved any.
Sharp had been there and he’d brought some bad news. Sam hadn’t been in the room with McCready and Peterson while they’d talked to him, but everyone else could hear them yelling inside of McCready’s office. The mood had been more than somber outside of it, too. Even the rest of the men weren’t making the rest of the recruits – Sam and the other three were allowed to relax – do much work. Tension was high in the air.
Now, it was just McCready, Peterson, and Sam sitting in the room. McCready’s mood was stormy, though he wasn’t above giving Sam a compliment.
After the door had closed behind Haley, McCready was back
