Chasing Venus
““He’ll be here.”
“Is he always this late?”
Reid nodded. He’d known Lionel Simpson for years, from when Reid was a cop. Since Reid had been hosting Crimewatch they’d intersected more often, what with tips from the show leading to one perp or another getting nailed. The show helped the feds, the feds helped the show; it was a symbiotic relationship.
Reid didn’t know what it was—his LAPD tenure, the show, maybe the fact that he was third-generation law enforcement—but lots of his friends wore b...adges. Probably it was the shared experience, the we’ve-been-in-the-trenches mentality of people who regularly witnessed horror. Sometimes Reid felt separated from everybody who didn’t. He envied them. He just wasn’t one of them anymore.
He inhaled the tantalizing aroma of pork frying in fat and dipped another tortilla chip into the best salsa he’d had in some time. Given that he lived in LA, home of primo Mexican food, that was saying something. He nudged the basket closer to Sheila. “Try some. It’s great.”MoreLess
“Is he always this late?”
Reid nodded. He’d known Lionel Simpson for years, from when Reid was a cop. Since Reid had been hosting Crimewatch they’d intersected more often, what with tips from the show leading to one perp or another getting nailed. The show helped the feds, the feds helped the show; it was a symbiotic relationship.
Reid didn’t know what it was—his LAPD tenure, the show, maybe the fact that he was third-generation law enforcement—but lots of his friends wore b...adges. Probably it was the shared experience, the we’ve-been-in-the-trenches mentality of people who regularly witnessed horror. Sometimes Reid felt separated from everybody who didn’t. He envied them. He just wasn’t one of them anymore.
He inhaled the tantalizing aroma of pork frying in fat and dipped another tortilla chip into the best salsa he’d had in some time. Given that he lived in LA, home of primo Mexican food, that was saying something. He nudged the basket closer to Sheila. “Try some. It’s great.”MoreLess
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