He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

His anger changed shape. It became smaller. Meaner.

“This isn’t over,” he said, backing off the threshold. “You people think a badge and a newspaper make you untouchable.”

“No,” Cal said. “I think witnesses make lies harder.”

Crowley’s face flushed dark. For a moment, Cal thought he might swing. Cal almost hoped he wouldn’t. Violence would have been simpler,continue reading …