Status Updates From Homecoming

Taking my time savoring this :) Her writing is like being reunited with an old friend 🧡

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The case had got beneath Peter’s skin in a way few others did. He couldn’t comprehend how a mother could even consider doing such a thing, killing children she’d brought into the world. When he told Annie about the day’s hearing over dinner that night, he’d expected her to be outraged, but she’d surprised him. She’d seemed to understand, even to sympathize.

Policemen grew tough skins. The job required them to confront the worst of humankind while somehow keeping enough of themselves tender to remain good husbands and fathers, decent members of society. Peter Duke was a first-rate policeman; he could run his eye over a murder scene and look beyond the loss of life to a cool list of evidence and possibilities.