“We’re probably way too early,” Mika said as they entered the building.
“Only one way to find out.” Buck went over to the front desk, telling the officer seated there that he and Mika were supposed to sign statements about an incident that had happened that morning. When he gave the officer their names, he made a call, then told them to wait for Detective Windom to come get them.
“Remind me I’m not supposed to tell him ‘I told you so’,” Mika said dryly as he and Buck sat on a bench along one wall.
“Yeah, that probably wouldn’t endear you to him,” Buck replied, chuckling.
It took twenty minutes before the detective showed up. As he led them up to the squad room he said to Mika, “I owe you an apology. If I’d listened to you to begin with, things might have turned out differently.”
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