The Marriage Beat

by Doreen Roberts

Published 1 July 1999

He's

My

Hero

A protector, a provider, a friend-he's every woman's hero....

FROM THE DESK OF

Officer Tyler Jackson

Central Precinct

I don't know why these hardheaded females think they're invincible. Women like Megan Summers make my job three times as hard. I told the chief that giving this lady self-defense lessons would be a mistake. Now look at what's happened. She's laid up with her arm in a sling!

That's the only reason I'm playing nursemaid. It has nothing to do with her blond hair, or her beautiful smile or the way she looks at me when she thinks I can't see....