Gun Shy by Lori L. Lake

Author:Lori L. Lake [Lake, Lori L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633040045
Publisher: Launch Point Press
Published: 2019-06-30T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

The first half of May blew by and Jaylynn hardly knew where it went. She spent one entire week doing in-service training with the other rookies and a number of the officers hired in the previous twenty-four months. They focused further on records and forms, report writing, court testimony, note taking, elements of proof, and ethics. She was careful to avoid Dwayne Neilsen, though every once in a while she caught him glowering at her. When she stared back, he would return to his own paperwork.

Dez was gone for a whole week at an in-service training for Field Training Officers, so Jaylynn only saw her once in passing. She rode with Crystal every day that week.

On Monday, the first of a three-days-off cycle, Jaylynn rose early, ate a light breakfast, and got ready for a run. She wore a lightweight T-shirt with a gray U of M sweatshirt over it, her favorite Nikes, and a light blue pair of nylon shorts over a pair of soft running leotards. Strapping on a waist pack containing her wallet and house keys, she stepped out into a crisp sunny morning, fifty degrees and rising. She stretched her limbs and set out at a leisurely pace to warm up.

She was so glad winter was finally over. All along the roadway she saw buds blooming and little shoots of plants inching up out of the dark Minnesota soil. Children were out in full force, milling around on corners waiting for their school buses. A few brave souls were even wearing shorts and Jaylynn saw one coatless boy standing dismally, his bare legs quivering in the cool air while he clutched a backpack to his T-shirt clad chest. Bet his mother didn’t see him out the door, Jaylynn thought. She waved as she ran by and called out to him, “Jump up and down. Move around. You’ll stay warmer that way.”

She continued down Lexington Parkway and decided on a long run all the way to Minnehaha Falls Park, a twelve mile round trip. She didn’t love to run, but after a couple of miles she always fell into a smooth pace and her legs carried her forward, nearly effortlessly. It felt good and gave her mind time to wander. She thought about how she used to write in her journal a lot, but lately she hadn’t been able to. Of course she never rode the bus anymore, so some of her journal writing time had disappeared. She was lucky if she even got a letter off to her folks or Auntie Lynn once a month. I really need to make some time to journal—I totally lose track when I don’t record things occasionally.

She had no idea anymore what was happening with her life. Where once she felt self-directed and certain about her goals, now she found herself drifting along in a holding pattern. Since she and Dez had patched up their differences, work was much steadier—and less stressful—but she still felt on edge. For one thing, she didn’t know where she stood with the taciturn cop.

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