Second Chance Soldier by Linda O. Johnston

Author:Linda O. Johnston [Johnston, Linda O.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-08T18:20:14+00:00

Chapter 14

The walk with Bear to the police station in Chance’s civic center didn’t take long on sidewalks that were fairly empty except for a few strolling and chatting people who fortunately barely looked at him. Evan had been thinking about the best way to handle this initial conversation for a while and knew he had it covered.

Besides, since he had moved to Chance—had it really been only days ago?—he had been meeting a lot of new people, sometimes several at a time, and had been fine with it. He’d conversed with them fairly well, and given dog-training lessons, and he had felt even more comfortable when he spoke with Amber.

She was different from the other people he dealt with, and he was glad he got along so well with her. Very glad.

He was proud of how he’d been doing. In fact, maybe he was making progress on finally getting past the last of his PTSD, or so he hoped, although he realized he was likely to always have at least a trace within him. After all, it had only been a couple of years since the explosion, but he had done well enough that the last counselor he had spoken with in LA had said he could do without more therapy unless he started getting worse again.

And the people he was about to speak with were cops.

He soon reached the station and entered the building. A few people milled around in groups in the lobby, none in uniform so he assumed they were civilians. He approached the reception desk, ready to ask the questions he had already decided on to try to get to see the K-9 officers.

But as he reached the tall enclosure, Assistant Police Chief Kara got there, too, from a doorway at the side of the room. “Well, hello,” she said cheerily, glancing first into Evan’s face, which made him uncomfortable, but he didn’t look away. Then she looked down at Bear. “Is your dog on duty, or is it okay to pet him?”

“Sure, go ahead and say hi.” It occurred to Evan that running into her first might be helpful. “Are your K-9 officers on duty? I didn’t call first, but I was in town and thought I’d stop in to meet them.”

“I think they’re here, but I’ll check. Why, do you think you can teach them something new? Or do you want them to teach you something new?” She smiled sardonically at Evan.

The assistant chief was a pretty woman, slender in her black, long-sleeved uniform and somewhat young, Evan thought, to have such an important job. Was it because she was particularly skilled, or because Chance was a small enough town that they hired whoever they could in official positions?

“Maybe a little of both.” He managed a brief smile back at her. He wasn’t about to tell her why he was really here: to ask the K-9 cops whether they’d visited the murder site when scents would still be fresh, and how their dogs reacted.

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