to Grayson. “I didn’t even get to say thank you right.”
“Which is why this isn’t the end of it.”
“You don’t have to,” he said.
“Yes, I do. Thank you, Grayson.”
He looked embarrassed, which made Officer Hale laugh under his breath. Then people around us started clapping, not the loud, showy kind, but the warm, real kind from a room full of people who meant continue reading …