Chapter 13: Sage

It was a brief conversation. Sage claimed he didn’t even know about the case and he wasn’t lying. He had never lied to her before and she could think of no reason he should start now.

“Did you hear anyone talking about the case at least?” She was clutching at straws.

“This is a big station, Dani, and with my rank, I don’t have enough clearance to know half of the cases. And…,” he turned to look into her eyes. “… some cases we simply aren’t aware of.”

That’s true. He was only an officer, partly because ranks went up slower in ORP than in the ordinary police. However, what came out of his mouth next caught her off-guard.

“But maybe I could dig around and tell you what I found over dinner? What do you think?”

In the car, Danica looked at Sage as if she had never seen him before. He was not unattractive; he was, with his prominent cheekbones and deep grey eyes. It was that she wasn’t attracted to him, and he had even struck as he disliked her by his avoidance—not that she could blame h