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“I thought you were on special assignment with…what’s his name again?”
Оглавление“Cullen Archer,” Mei said with a sigh as she slipped past Chief Catherine Tanner.
“So what’s wrong? Why aren’t you two nosing around the nightclub where that courier was killed?”
Mei shook her head. “I don’t know.” Swallowing hard, she muttered, “No…I do know. It has to do with my family. Cullen—ah, he said to call him that—wants to start our investigation at my father’s gallery.”
Catherine frowned. “Surely Interpol doesn’t think—I mean, you don’t suspect your father in any way?”
“No,” Mei shot back quickly. “But…you know my relationship with my folks. I can’t march into my father’s office acting like the cop they never wanted me to be.”
“A cop is what you are, Mei Lu,” Catherine said with no softness in her tone. “It’s the career you chose. You took an oath to uphold the law, which transcends all other loyalties.” Catherine paused. “Tell Archer straight out about your concerns.”
Mei Lu nodded dutifully. It wasn’t what she’d hoped for. She’d really wanted Catherine to take her off the case—not just because of her father but because Cullen Archer made her feel more a woman and less a cop.
