The Chief's Catch by Liz Isaacson

Author:Liz Isaacson [Isaacson, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works

To Cole’s credit, he stayed for the duration of the party. He drove her home and said he’d see her tomorrow. His still mask broke when he saw the dogs—the only time. He didn’t kiss her goodbye, but did say he’d see her later.

Berlin had fully expected him to stand her up for church, probably through a text. But he showed up outside the red brick building twenty minutes early, and they sat way down on the end of the Fuller family bench. He didn’t hold her hand or lift his arm around her shoulders, which left Berlin hollow and honestly a bit scared.

He’d turned into a numb beast instead of the fiery, snappy one she’d come to expect. She could handle the latter, but this iced over version of him she didn’t know how to deal with.

Pastor Peters spoke about honesty and telling the truth, relating stories of businessmen and women who stood for what was right and were blessed for it.

Berlin had never been tested in that way. College had been easy, and she’d never felt the temptation to cheat. She hadn’t had to interview for jobs, and she’d never really tasted of that level of competition before.

As she sat there, her leg barely touching Cole’s, she realized how sheltered and spoiled her life had been. But that wasn’t something she could control, and she didn’t feel particularly bad about it.

She felt uninteresting. Why would someone as well-traveled and with experience in the FBI, with various police forces, and the Boy Scouts be interested in her? She didn’t do any charity work. She didn’t work with youth. His job had to be ten times busier than hers, and he did much more than she did.

Pastor Peters started to wind down—Berlin had attended hundreds of his sermons, so she knew. She tapped Cole’s arm and whispered, “I have to go.”

He looked at her blankly for a moment and then nodded. Berlin couldn’t stand to be beside him for another second and she practically exploded to her feet and hurried up the aisle.

She expected him to follow her out, but there were no bootsteps behind her. She waited in the lobby, and he still didn’t come. Bitter, and with a sob in her throat, she turned her back on the chapel and exited the building as quickly as her heels would take her.

Leaving her car in the parking lot, she crossed the bridge to the park and walked at a steady clip under the trees. Her office was only a few blocks down, and by the time she arrived, she was sweaty and out of breath. After all, she didn’t work out in heels, in ninety-degree weather.

Once behind the locked door of the building and inside the office space for A Jack of All Trades, she kicked off her heels and faced the boxes of financial documents she hadn’t gone through yet.

She couldn’t stand to think about Cole, but she couldn’t stop doing exactly that. But if she could focus

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