Sometimes love is action.

And sometimes, harder, love is staying put and letting the right people do the thing you cannot.

The alert had gone wide.

Traffic cameras, license plate readers, every cruiser in three counties.

And a little after dark, Detective Vance’s phone rang, and she stepped into the hall to take it, and I watched through the doorway as she listened, and I watched her shoulders change.

Chapter 14 — The Stop