Forever & Ever - A Collection of Stories (Faith, Love & Devotion Book 7) by Tere Michaels

Author:Tere Michaels [Michaels, Tere]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 9781640809512
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2018-12-25T05:00:00+00:00

THEY TABLED the discussion in favor of sleep—or mostly a night of shared tossing and turning until the alarm went off. Evan cycled through endless arguments in his head, from not putting his fears and prejudices on Elizabeth (would he have this reaction if it was Danny? Was this misogyny? Why didn’t he believe in his own child?) to being firm in his conviction that, as a father, didn’t he have the obligation to help guide her away from a seriously negative—and potentially fatal—choice?

Dawn didn’t break the tie between the two voices, and neither did Matt’s equally troubled expression over shared coffee and eggs over easy on toast.

They separated at the driveway, Matt heading upstate to work with Jim at his home office, and Evan into the city for another day as captain, but this time carrying a magnifying glass in his mind’s eye.

All day he watched how the female officers in his command were treated. How he treated them. Did he assign the same amount of gravity to their concerns and hunches? Did he hand out cases fairly between the male and female detectives? Did he even have a fair ratio to make that decision?

The answer to that last question was no.

His own tokenism seemed to slide into the mental battle almost unnoticed. The first “out” gay captain. Trotted out when One Police Plaza had another PR nightmare to battle or when they wanted to remind everyone of their “diversity.”

“If you were black, this would have been even better optics,” someone had remarked once at a community luncheon, with Evan left blinking in surprise and unable to respond before the man drifted away to shake more hands.

Matt had thrown their rake across the backyard when he shared that little tidbit.

The number of female, LGBT, and nonwhite officers had grown over Evan’s years on the force, but the ratio was hardly balanced. There were “optics”—oh yes, so many smiling faces on those brochures and campaigns—but too many meetings for captains and higher-ups featured far more people who looked like Evan than Helena. Or Austin.

Or Elizabeth.

His gentle-hearted, fair-minded girl. Optimists didn’t last long in this job.

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