I SLIPPED OFF HIS SHOES AND SHUT OFF THE TELEVISION.I GENTLY
         
         PULLED HIM ONTO THE CUSHIONS AND PROPPED HIS HEAD UP WITH A PILLOW.
         
         I WNET TO THE HALL CLOSET AND PULLED OUT THE AFGHAN.I TOSSED IT
         
         OVER HIM AND KISSED HIM GOOD NIGHT.
         
           I WENT TO BED AND AT SIX I GOT UP AND SHOWERED.1 DROVE TO WORK
         
         AND GOT STARTED ON THE MOUNDS OF PAPERWORK ON MIGUEL.ABOUT EIGHT
         CAPITAN CAME INTO MY OFFICE AND SHUT THE DOOR.
         
           “OFFICER EVANS?” HE ASKED.I LOOKED UP AND TOOK OFF MY THIN GOLD
         FRAMED GLASSES.
         
           “YES,CAP?” I ASKED.CAPITAN SAT DAWN AND LOOKED AT ME STERNLY.
         
         “BREANNA,IT SEEMS TIME ADN TIME AGAIN WE GET THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT
         
         YOU.AN]J TIME AND TIME AGAIN YOU LEND A HAND IN HELPING US GET RIGHT
         
         DOWN TO THE ISSUE.SO I’M ASKING OF YOU A FAVOR.THE OTHERS AND I
         
         HAVE DISCUSSED IT AND WE THINK YOU’RE OUR BEST BET.I WAS UP ALL
         
         NIGHT WITH MIGUEL AND I DIDN’T GET OUT HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DID.
         
         BUT WE RAN lIP A FILE.TODD SASHY IS A LAIDES MAN.HE’S A PRO.
         
         I’M ASKING YOU TO DO SOME UNDER—COVER WORK.WE’D USUALLY LEAVE IT
         
         UP TO THE F.B.I,BUT IN THIS CASE IT’S AN EXCEPTION.” HE PAUSED AND
         
         SCRATCHED HIS TWELVE—HOUR BEARD.I JUST GOT UP AND POURED TWO CUPS
         
         OF COFFEE.I HANDED HIM ONE AND HE GRATEFULLY TOOK IT.
         
         “PLEASE,GO ON.”
         
         “ALLRIGHT,TOO MANY YEARS AGO WE HAD YOUR OLDER BROTtIER ON THE FORCE.
         
         THE HE LEFT FOY ONLY GOD KNOW’S WHAT REASONS,BUT HE HAD STARTED ON
         
         TODD’S CASE WHEN TODD WAS JUST A BEHINNER.BUT THAT’S OFF THE
         
         TRACK.WE’RE ASKING THAT YOU... .WELL,BECOME FREINDS WITH TODD.”
         
           THE LOOK ON MY FACE MUST HAVE BEEN SKEPTICAL BECAUSE THE CAPITAN
         HAD QUICKLY REASSURED ME.
         
           “IT’LL BE SIMPLE.YOU’RE A NEW COP WITH A SCARY REP OF BEING
         RUDE AND MEAN.SAY NEWS GETS AROUND THAT YOU GOT FIRED,AND YOU
         
         JOIN IN WITH THE BAD CROWD.LIKE TODD’S.YOU MAKE A FEW APPEARANCES,
         
         GO ON A FEW FAST INFORMATION SPREES.THEN BECOME MORE THAN A FRIEND.”