Chapter 28. Something Happens to Her Brother

Jimmy was busy again with his job. A few days later, when Kate called him and wanted to return his uniform, he said he was out of town and didn’t need it, for now, just to keep it. He didn’t have a very good signal and hung up soon.

Kate folded Jimmy’s uniform and put it into a paper bag, but she changed her mind and took it out, smoothed the fold mark, and hung it in the wardrobe among her colorful summer clothes. It was much longer and stood there like a pine among flowers. The uniform was like its owner, straight and spirited.

She thought of him asking her jokingly if she liked him in uniform.

Kate said yes in a low voice to herself.

Time flew, and the summer was over in the blink of an eye.

In the meantime, Jimmy and his teammates cracked down on a major case and were awarded by the highest authority. He boasted himself that he was a rising star with promising prospects in the criminal police department.

John and Sarah broke up because Sarah’s