CHAPTER 48
Frost looked back at Maddie’s family, gathered together on the porch to wave them goodbye, the smile on Maddie’s face reaching nearly to her ears, the mother’s eyes suspiciously shiny. Maddie’s father had one arm looped around his family, the other raised in a salute that shouted thank you as loud as anything he could have said.
These were good people, the building blocks of a strong society, and he’d been a part of keeping them that way. He appreciated his paycheck as much as the next man, but no amount of money could match the feeling of pride and gratitude that swelled in his chest as he lifted a hand to return the farewell salute.
“Strange how it all turned out,” he said to Steadman as the chief guided the car down the long driveway, engine whining a little as they tackle
