Penn hadn’t taken a woman on a date in years. He’d been focused on fighting crime and wasn’t interested in long term. He still wasn’t interested in long term, but there was something about Brooke that made him rethink that.

So he asked her on a date.

He’d admitted that it was crazy to pursue this while things were going on, but he couldn’t resist her. And she’d agreed. Maybe she was just as crazy as he was.

He thought back to the conversation and smiled. ...