"That's why there's so much mistrust. There's people who pretend, people who abuse a broken system and fuck knows, people hear cop and they -- they hate us. They think we're untrustworthy. It's a dirty word now. Police." Sam hated that with all of his heart but he knew it was the truth and he knew how bad the system was that it allowed bad people to abuse it. Even so, to him, staying strict was the best way to stay good. "I think your lot do better in public opinion than our lot these days."

Sam huffed out a laugh and rubbed at his eyes, not sure what to even feel any more about Barty. He just wanted to love him, he just wanted to be with him but then he had to forgive him and it seemed to easy. Too simple for Barty. "I miss you all the time. I hate that you can't be who I want you to be but I ... I also don't want you to be either."