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Public Displays of Affection
For some reason, I’d never realized how frustrating police work could be. I suppose I’d naïvely thought that you followed an orderly set of clues and then ended up with a suspect. No muss, no fuss.
But although Calvin and I had learned a few interesting things during our interview with Doug Snyder and Tansy McCall, none of them seemed particularly actionable.
And then Calvin startled me by asking, “Buy you an early lunch?”
I sneaked a sideways glance at him. His focus was on the road, but I thought I detected something a bit too casual about the way his hands rested on the steering wheel. “Being seen in public with me?” I asked, trying not to sound too incredulous. “Isn’t that kind of a big step?”
He didn’t crack a smile. “Maybe. But I don’t want to sn
