“Well, you know differently now.” Jack stood and held out his hand. “I’m personally very glad you survived that senseless shooting, Thad. There are never enough good officers to do all that we need to have done, so losing one is always a tragedy, but I also consider you a friend, one who I admire very much.”
“Thank you, Chief. It means a lot to me to hear this. I don’t think I need to take a couple of days. If you’re ready to accept my yes to your plan, you have it.”
Beaming, the chief came around his desk and cuffed Gunn affectionately on his unwounded shoulder. “Good. Wait ‘til I let Amos know. He’ll be tickled too.”
Thad walked slowly out to his car, mulling the things the chief had said and some that he had only implied. So Jan has put in for the Sheriff’s Department. Why didn’t she
