Catch a Shadow
“She’d had only a few hours’ sleep, and her head ached. The cut also hurt when she smiled or frowned.
And she faced the teasing of the firefighting gang.
“Okay, who did it?” clamored one.
“The infamous door?” asked the other.
“I was mugged,” she admitted sheepishly.
“I thought we taught you better than that.”
“You did,” she said. “It was just … so sudden.”
The captain took a look at her face. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
She shrugged. “I wouldn’t feel any better at home.”
“I could have gotten someone else,” he said.
“It just aches a little.”
“Did the scumbag get anything?”
“A credit card and cell phone. My driver’s license was in a different pocket, and the guy missed that.”
“You sure you can go out?” her captain asked.
She nodded.
“You’ll ride with a rookie,” he warned, “but Tom said he would try to get back before noon.”
Her new partner looked as if he had just graduated from junior high. “I’m Ben Wright,” he said.
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