Irresistible Forces (Mckingley)
“Damn it all, there were some days he hated this job. This counted as one of those days. The couple’s daughter, Aslynn, had been riding her bike back from school, as she’d done every day, when a reckless driver had hit her. She’d died on the way to the hospital.
He blew out a sigh as he opened the door to his vehicle. The mother’s wailing could still be heard and it was like a knife to his heart. The child had been their only one and now…they had none. Normally people were asked to come to the morgue for identification, but he’d said no to that. Her face had been so badly mangled it wasn’t recognisable. Her school bag had been beside her and they’d also run a dental on her to get positive identification. No parent should have that image of their child as the last one. They needed to remember her as the vibrant girl she had been.
He stopped for a coffee at a small diner, needing a moment to decompress. Climbing out, he noticed a familiar, mostly dirty, green and dented Jeep parked in the lot.
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