A routine coffee run turned into the day fate handed me everything I’d ever wanted, and almost took it away again. My name is Paxton Reid, thirty-two, single, and the cop everyone in this town trusts to show up. Pressed uniform, calm voice, never writes a kid up unless they deserve it. That’s the version people see. Inside, I was hollow. Five years ago my marriage ended because Laura never wanted children and I wanted nothing else. We tried everything (therapy, space, desperate bargains) until one morning she just left. Since then my nights have been volunteer shifts, long rides on empty roads, and dinners eaten over the kitchen sink so I wouldn’t have to sit at an empty table….CONTINUE READING IN BELOW
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