He cracked his knuckles. “But I wasn’t there long enough. The kid’s good at what he does. Couldn’t catch him out at anything. But, Jesus, it made my skin crawl just having him in and out of my office all the time.”
“Chief, are you ordering me to give this man a hard time?”
Boros grinned and held up his hands, palms out. “No, of course not. I couldn’t do that. It would be totally against department and county policy, wouldn’t it? I just wondered how you and the queer boy were getting along. And maybe giving you a warning, so you could keep your eyes open.”
Grant stood again, feeling he’d been dismissed. “I hear what you’re saying, Captain. But I have to tell you that if Stonesifer is good at his job, I’m not going to give him any trouble because of his supposed s****l orientation, which
