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After seven months of interviews and tests andthe next chapter of my life I feel like I should be rab h the pictures I loaded on there My life on the West Coast The case that taught ths, ers alongthe lines of Luke Boone’s handsome face

I dove headfirst back into local police hen I returned to DC, allowing my mind to be consumed, the ache in my chest dulled But I stillaround his condo when my eyes first crack open at dawn I still picture his perfect body as his feet pound against the pave to keep up behind him I still smile when I think of his cocky s hours of stupid reality TV, just so I can ine the smell, and taste, and feel of him in bed beside me

My heart still clenches when I think of how badly his life could have ended up I could arrest a hundred dirty criive ood Luke

A few o, the same day I received my conditional offer of elasses of wine, I actually dialed his nuht

Then I woke up the nexti for me And I can’t throw that away for anyone

My phone starts ringing I al for the sixth ti Stanley over They seeetting him back

"Bertelli!" booms the loud Boston-accented voice

"Why are you calling me this early?"

"I never sleep You know that So, are you ready for school?"

"You know, you’re so excited for o"

He chuckles "No, thanks I’h at you Hope you survive" Warner and I have kept in touch since the case so he could fill ood friends Much better than I ever expected

"So, what’s new?"

"We nailed another low-level fence froathered, plus additional surveillance and Rix’s undercover work, they’re slowly picking away at the ranks, issuing arrest warrants They’ve seen a significant decline in car thefts over the last sixdifference

But Warner’s calls usually coo, when they handed a search warrant to Vlad Bragin’s wife and she in turn handed the, revealed gun residue and Rust’s blood When asked why she illing to cooperate, she told us it was because she married an asshole