Page 172 of The Traffickers (Badge of Honor 9)

As he was driving out of the airport, Matt Payne thought about what Jim Byrth had said. He couldn’t quite reconcile all of it. At least not yet. But he already was seeing there was some truth to it.

Cops have held the line between civilized society and the barbarians forever.

And that’s not going to change as long as there’re bad guys.

Even Amanda said she understood that.

He felt his cell phone vibrate. And the Pavlovian response was triggered.

As he looked to the screen, his pulse quickened.

He read: — no number -

Dinner gets delivered at 7 o'clock.

Just found this cute cottage on the Internet.

To hell with lunch… -A

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