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Spending a fourth evening in a row with Xav had taught Wendy two things. Firstly, she was probably right to ask him to move in with her. But it also meant she’d somehow managed to find the police officer’s holy grail: the work-life balance.
She couldn’t remember the last time she had four relaxing evenings in a row, and certainly not in the middle of a major investigation. Right now, though, she was starting to feel as though there were other things that should come first in her life.
That wasn’t to take anything away from the victims and their families, of course. When she was in work, they came first. But she had come to terms with the fact that her working hours were just that — for working. In her own time, she had to put her happiness first.
Wendy had decided against cooking, a
