His brows furrow. “The poem’s eight paragraphs. You have three lines. How did you know that?”

“Isn’t that why you called me in here? Because I have a knowledge of poetry?”

“Indeed,” he agrees. “I just didn’t expect—”

“That I really did? Well, I do.”

His eyes narrow. “What does the poem mean?”

“You could ask a handful of scholars that question and get a handful of disagreements.”

His lips press together. He doesn’t like my honesty, which is relevant to how impossible the question is to answer. “What does it mean to you?”

“My interpretation: it’s about destiny.”

Apparently, I passed the knowledge test, because he moves on. “The detective on this case made an abrupt decision to transfer to Houston, which leaves me reassigning the case.”

My brows dip in confusion, my mind focused on the detective departing, not the case that’s obviously going to land with me. We’re a small department of twelve detectives who know one another at least reasonably well. No one has said a peep about transferring. “Who’s leaving?”

“Roberts.”

Now I’m really confused. I mean, Roberts and I aren’t close, but I’ve known the man for years and he has roots here—a house, friends, an ex-wife he lives to fight with, a weekend football league. I shake my head with that confusion. “Why would he do that, Captain?”

“Personal decision.” He offers no further explanation. “I’ll let him know that he’ll be briefing you on this case. You’re taking it over. It’s your decision to either pull in Detective Langford or fly solo. This case, as far as I’m concerned, is your destiny, Detective Jazz.”

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