Prologue
Los Angeles
I finally got my California sunset but it didn’t turn out quite the way I had envisioned.
As I was packing for the return trip to Phoenix, anticipating a long overdue reconciliation with my bed, I received an unexpected phone call from Officer Piedmont, aka Peedy, Kelly Decker’s childhood friend. Prior to her untimely death, she had mentioned the discussion of a meet and greet between our pups once the case had been resolved. Now that he was the guardian of his best friend’s canine companion, he wanted to honor her wishes.
Though he’d caught me off-guard with his proposition, I quickly agreed, knowing that it would not only do a world of good for Decker’s pup but for Peedy, too, as they had both lost the most important human in their lives.
I was pleasantly surpri
