Two Cops Showed Up the Morning After He Ran Off

jacket.

He looked at the house.

Then at me.

“You want every exterior lock replaced tonight?”

“Yes.”

“Everything all right?”

I smiled politely.

“No.”

Then, after a short pause, I added,

“But it will be.”

He nodded without asking another question.

For nearly two hours, the sound of drills echoed through the quiet neighborhood.

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