"Brother Jacob solved another case, they say! He'll be a chief inspector in no time."
"Of course he will! Uncle Astrid has marked him as his successor and is grooming him."
"With two police officers in the family, what a comfort, what a comfort!"
Every time the relatives met, they praised him and looked forward to his future. They even got ahead of themselves, wondering whether their family might be reborn as a distinguished family of police.
But word had apparently already gotten around that a promotion in the personnel reshuffle early next year would be difficult, and all the expectations once aimed at him vanished like bubbles.
It was all because of Ash McCallen.
"Jacob. Under the present circumstances, even I can't put you on the list for the next promotion. Is there no progress on the investigation you were assigned?"
"That case has gone to the…
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