Captain Jake Morales had spent half his life walking into other people’s chaos.
He had stood in the middle of shouting matches, broken up bar fights, calmed terrified children after car accidents, and talked desperate people down from decisions they could never take back. He knew how quickly a normal day could split open. He knew how fear sounded on a radio call. He knew the difference between real danger and someone’s imagination dressed up as emergency.
That was why he wanted his new home to feel simple.
Quiet.
