Tandra and Séan had a date planned for Tandra’s once-in-a-very-rare-while long weekend. One where they’d be staying together for the first time until she was to return to work. To start, they were to meet at that same old bench, by that same old fountain in the square.

But their meeting time came and went, and there was no Mika to be seen. Ten minutes, twenty, thirty, and forty minutes passed. The small but energetic lieutenant was nowhere to be seen. She had not called. And as Séan awaited her, his comm did not ring.

Lt. Tandra Mika
Chief Mental Health Officer