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FORTUNATELY, DAN WAS correct in his assessment of his situation. Eppings’ report cleared him of any wrongdoing by the end of the day. Helen also received a call from the Mayor’s office letting her know that she was being placed on sick leave until she was ready to return, and Dan would take over the role as acting chief until she did. The Mayor also made it very clear that she would not be filling the position until Helen was well enough to apply.
Dan stops by the hospital the next morning, looking better than the last time I saw him.
“Helen, you look a damn sight better than you did when they carried you out of that basement,” he says.
She smiles. “Tom tells me you’re the reason I even got out of that basement alive.”
“I don’t know about that,” he says. “If the Father hadn’t be
