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"I can't believe you made me watch as my daughter almost got killed. She must be terrified." |
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"She might be terrified, but she'll never let anyone know. By the time help arrives she'll be back in control. The other cops call D.J. Halloran 'Officer Ice.' She never allows anything to get to her." |
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"That doesn't sound like any child of mine." |
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"You haven't been there to teach her. D.J. is a product of her upbringing." |
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Jose frowned. "My husband, Ed, is the most loving man I know." |
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"The man you knew no longer exists. Something inside of him died with you. The man D.J. had for a father is a far cry from the one you married." |
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Josie took a deep breath. "I don't like the sound of this." |
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"I didn't think you would." |
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"Why doesn't D.J. allow anything to get to her?" |
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"According to D.J. emotions get in the way of doing her job." |
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Josie tilted her head, remembering the sound of the gunfire, the speed at which a disaster could happen. "I can see how they might. But what about her personal life?" |
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"She had one at some time if her name's Halloran and not Belmont. She must be married." |
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"She was. No longer. Her marriage, an unmitigated disaster, also contributed to the person she's become." |
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Josie watched as D.J. forced herself to stand and meet the arriving officers and the ambulance, cool and collected, just as Raphael had promised. Pulling |
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