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“God help us if he ever gets captured,” Morrison muttered. “Sings like an off-key canary.”
“Tweet, tweet,” Ian chuckled, and Logan laughed aloud at the two of them, before looking at them hard.
“Do either of you know a woman named Lily or a man named Griffin?”
“Who in the world is this Lily person?” Morrison muttered openly in confusion. “My wife asked me the same question. She wanted to know if I knew someone named Lily. I don’t know anyone by that name…”
“And you?”
“I don’t know someone named Lily.”
“Both of you don’t?” Logan said skeptically. “Do either of you have a job lined up with Griffin?”
“No, I don’t,” Ian said, and looked at Morrison. “Do you?”
“I don’t know these people, but I’m wondering if I should,” Morrison chuckled nervously.
Logan sighed heavily and logged into his computer, writing down something on a sticky note… before handing it to Morrison – and then did the same, handing it to Ian.
“Griffin was a soldier that was my right hand, my best friend, and is now a police chief in Tyler, Texas. He’s a great guy, but his wife has an uncanny knack of pairing up my soldiers with pen pals… and every single one of them ended up getting married - before requesting to go home.”
“Really?”
“Yup,” Logan chuckled. “And all five of the emails that I handed out were from Lily, so I’m kinda not too surprised. Disappointed, but I understand and...”
“Wait,” Ian interrupted, looking at Morrison. “Your buddy is in Tyler?”
“Heck, two-thirds of the guys that have passed through my squad in the last three years live there. We take care of our own, and if you two need a job – that is Griffin’s phone number. I would rather you stay here, but I can’t blame either of you, because of my own wife wants to look for a place there.”
“My wife is a realtor,” Ian volunteered proudly. “And we are closing on our own home on Friday. I’m sure June would love to help – because yeah, we do take care of our brothers.”
“This Friday?”
“Yeah. I feel bad because she’s alone, and…”
“Does she need help?”
Ian’s mouth dropped open in surprise – and then he smiled.
“Yeah, she needs help… and I can give you June’s email or phone number. She’s incredible at what she does, and relentless until she finds the right place.”
“Hold tight…” Logan said immediately, and picked up the phone off his desk, then stood up and yanked out his wallet. Ian immediately retrieved a calling card from his own wallet in recognition – handing it to the captain.
Logan smirked, nodded, and dialed.
“Hey John, it’s Dash… Look, I have a huge favor to ask, and time is short. It’s Thursday night there, isn’t it? Yeah. No, Jules and I are still looking at it soon – I promise. Something came up and I have a huge favor to ask. Are you off work tomorrow, or can you gather up a few guys to help move someone?”
“I need character witnesses for a court date,” Morrison volunteered quickly.
“And character witnesses for an upcoming court date, that I’ll obviously need to get more information on apparently,” Captain Logan said, lifting an eyebrow. “Yes. Yes, one of my soldiers is here in my office and his wife is moving her entire house by herself tomorrow… No, I know that’s a lot of work, which is why I’m calling you.”
Ian listened, fascinated, as the two men spoke for a few more minutes – before Captain Logan looked at both of them.
“Morrison – I need that date. Selkirk, I need your wife’s name and address, so we don’t scare her to death… yeah, Griffin. I’ll email it to you, buddy – and thank you.”
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