Richard was furious – at the Chief Superintendent, at his own allowing of Maise to take on the mission, at Maise for agreeing to do it, and at Mother Nature for creating such monsters. The Chief Superintendent’s office wasn’t soundproofed but Richard didn’t care who heard him.
“I didn’t want her to do it. You know I didn’t.”
CS Williams felt just as bad as his DI but had nobody that he could lash out at.
“She volunteered, Richard. She knew the risks.”
“Some risks are too great to be taken. We – I – shouldn’t have let her do it.”
“We couldn’t have stopped her.”
“I could have. I could have ordered her not to do it. So could you.”
“Then she’d have gone off on her own and tried something twice as stupid. You know how she feels about her sisterhood.”
Richard paced around the room.
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