Chapter 194

Cruise

“You seem tense,” Ruby comments as we pull out of my parent’s driveway.

She’s right, I am. There are some days I hate what I do because of the emotional toll it takes on me and the men on my team. Then there are days I love what I do because of all the shit we take off the streets. We make life safer for the citizens of the town we live in. No day is perfect, but this one was super shitty for my dad. I hate that he had to see what he had to see, and now he’s gotta live with it. He’ll need to process it and figure out how to not take it with him the next time he goes out on the streets.

“Just the stress of the job sometimes. Even though it didn’t happen to me, I know what my dad’s going through, and I worry about him.” I shrug as I drive us along the deserted streets of Laurel Springs.