Chapter 2
Jacksonville, FL
EVEN THOUGH CARL was the youngest detective on my team, he’d ranked number one in the recently offered Sergeant’s Examination, and I had conflicting feelings about his success. On the one hand, I was glad for him. On the other hand, his ranking meant that he would be eligible for the first sergeant slot that opened up, and I would lose him from my team. I called Janet to tell her that I’d dispatched Carl to Orlando and returned to my paperwork.
That evening Mike and I were sitting in our den enjoying an after dinner glass of wine. I was at the computer working with Peachtree accounting software, and we were discussing our finances. I clicked on an icon, sent a report to the LaserJet, and handed it to Mike when it had finished printing. He scanned it quickly an
