Akira filled out the lengthy application to become a police reserve. It was almost the same level of application as being a police officer, but the head of the reserves, Gary Rosso, said it’ll be a big step done when she applies for the regular force, and it will give her a leg up in that application process and oral interviews. He added she was a shoe-in.
“The chief of police likes and recommends you.”
Unless the background showed drug use, she was in.
Knowing the chief was in her corner made her feel special. No one ever did anything like that before for her. On a whim, after she left the reserve office, she stopped by the chief’s office, never expecting to talk to him, but the secretary buzzed him and said her name. He came out of his inner office.
Extending his hand and wearing a d
