CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE DIAMOND EARRINGS her father had given her as a police academy graduation gift were the last pieces Lizzie added to her ensemble. She’d pulled her long brown hair up into an elegant knot, and the tailored black pantsuit she’d decided on complemented her physique, with understated makeup enhancing both the wardrobe choice and her hazel eyes. She slipped on stacked heels, added just a touch of lipstick, and checked the overall effect in the mirror. Nodding in satisfaction, she left her dorm room to travel to the main hall for the ceremony on a warm late spring morning.
As Lizzie filed into the room with the others in her graduating class of agents, she was grateful to see some familiar faces in the crowd.
Seated next to Donny was Faith and Rick. They had been joined by N
