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Task Force
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Published by
Dreamspinner Press
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Suite 244-149
Frisco, TX 75034
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or
dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
Task Force
Copyright © 2008 by John Simpson
Cover Art by Dan Skinner/Cerberus Inc. cerberusinc@hotmail.com
Cover Design by Mara McKennen
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ISBN: 978-1-935192-15-2
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition
September, 2008
eBook edition available
eBook ISBN: 978-1-935192-16-9
This book is dedicated to Sarah and Jimison Hutchinson
who have become good friends and are responsible for
my dynamic new website. Sarah is a talented web
creator who gave her talents to improve my public
persona. Jimison, ever wordy, contributed to the copy
edit along with his humor inscrutabilis . May our lives be
ever-connected.
Task Force
1
I T had been two weeks since the Christian fundamentalist Milford clan
had ended their existence on this Earth by blowing themselves up rather
than face arrest, ending their rampage of antigay murders. They didn’t
like it when they were finally cornered by the police for conducting
their own personal “holy war” against the gay community of Prince
George County, Maryland. Officer Patrick St. James had been on light
duty since the event, at the suggestion of the department shrink. Patrick
had experienced extensive violence over a relatively short period of
time, including having taken a human life in the line of duty. This act,
perhaps more than almost anything elsethat a police officer
experiences, is the most stressful.
After the incident, Dean, Patrick’s wonderful new lover, had spent
every free minute with him. They had become inseparable. Patrick felt
great comfort with Dean and believed that he was truly lucky to have
found him. When they made love he forgot about time and space; the
only thing that mattered in the universe was this wonderful man, this
incredible lover. Dean remained uncomfortable with Patrick being a
police officer, especially after the Milford case. They had the same talk
that every couple, straight or gay, has when one partner is a cop. Dean
wanted to make sure Patrick came home at the end of each shift, unhurt
and whole, in every sense of the word.
Pat hurried home, as it was his last day shift for some time to
come. He was hoping to surprise Dean by having supper ready for him
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