"Actually, that isn't a bad idea. I could raise money for the precinct that way and --"

*You ARE going to the fund raiser! (click)* Grom was trying to sound authoritarian, but Sadie could tell he was holding his laughter just on the other side of his teeth.

"So, no community outreach programs that have free massages and 'happy endings' then?"

She heard silence on the other end of the line.

"This keeps happening to me," Sadie said, staring at the device. "These things always stop working. Okay Grommie, I'll behave. But I think I should get a g-string budget for this job. Over and out." She turned off the...