Wrath
She couldn’t sit with an unreliable car, especially not with the hours she worked.
Jake pulled into the parking lot and found her standing by her car, with Nitro and K-9 standing a few feet from her, each smoking a cigarette. He almost grinned, but he liked that they weren’t crowding her. He’d called her off limits, and they would treat her as that.
“What’s wrong with the car?” he asked as he walked toward them.
“Someone slashed all four of my tires,” she said with tears brimming in her eyes.
Jake knew she was worried about the cost of replacing her tires and this act of vandalism worried him, especially with a second girl dead.