Chapter 22

At 11:58 that night, Nadine's phone lit with a number she didn't know: His captain told me to forget what I saw. I'm on desk duty at 6:00 AM. Under it was a photo: a printed leaderboard, eleven names, Brandt at the top, a column headed Referrals Over $4,000 (Double Unit Credit), and down the far edge beside every row, the same two initials in blue ink: W.H.Tessa read it twice without speaking. Then her own phone buzzed: the office of the police board chair. An emergency session was called for Monday, 8:30 a.m., to consider the union's petition to withhold certification of the chief designate."Certification?" Nadine said. "I thought the council confirmed you.""Council appoints. The charter says the board certifies that I'm free of conflicts before anyone can swear me in. Usually, that's a signature in a drawer." Tessa's thumb stopped on the screen. "The union says I'm a party and a witness in a case against one of their members. The chair can hold her signature until she's satisfied. No signature, no oath."Nadine glanced at the lock screen where the reminder Tessa had swiped away on Saturday sat unread. She read it now: Mon 9:00 AM – Oath of Office. Thirty minutes after the session that might cancel it.The hearing room on the fourth floor held sixty chairs and one clock above the door. At 8:30, it read exactly that, and everyone looked up at it once. Nadine sat in the second row beside Alvin Greer, her tote on her knees, the broken strap held with a safety pin. Greer had worn a tie; inside his jacket was the spiral notebook he'd refused to let anyone carry for him.

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