"What did you need?" he asked, once they were several steps from Andrea's room. "You're going to need to write a report about everything, every detail, and as soon as possible. The sergeant understands the situation and isn't going to reprimand you for leaving the scene without permission, at least as things currently stand. We've all thought about how we might have reacted if it was someone we cared about inside the bank or in that ambulance. You handled it better than I probably would have and I have twelve years on the job." "All right." Jake looked down the hall toward Andrea's room. "She's exhausted. I'm sure she'll sleep soon. When she does, I'll get Ben to drop me at the station. I'll write up my reports, see about some time off and pick up my truck." "Sounds like a plan. Normally, we don't give chunks of time off to anyone as new as you are, but there's nothing normal about this." "Yeah," Jake replied, his attention still on the door several feet away. "I just wanted to give you a heads up.
