“Copy.”
Another pause.
Then the dispatcher said, “Do not tow that vehicle.”
Cole turned slightly away from Mom. “Dispatch, I’m in the middle of—”
“Do not tow the vehicle, Fourteen. Do not issue a citation. Do not take enforcement action until I finish verification.”
His thumb remained pressed against the radio button. “I have a document here that appears fraudulent.”
The reply came almost before he finished speaking.
“You have not submitted that document for verification.”
I felt something inside me go still.
The words were plain. No raised voice. No accusation. Nothing dramatic about them at all. But they changed the shape of the roadside in an instant.
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