BLACK BOY IN A BOX“I don’t think so. I don’t work narco. Never have.”
“I know that. I have your record right here.”
“Well, then.”
“Besides, I’ve known you for your whole career.”
“Well, then.”
“Tell me why you feel this way, Marvia. You’re one of my best people. You’re a fine detective. You have a great arrest record and an outstanding conviction rate. Why don’t you want this assignment?”
Sergeant Marvia Plum shifted in her chair. It wasn’t just that Lieutenant Yamura was her boss. If anything, that should have made it easier. Keep things objective, professional. Don’t let your feelings get control. But it wasn’t that way. Lieutenant Yamura was her friend and had been her sponsor in the Berkeley Police Department, had coaxed her into the job to start with, and had pushed her promotio
