Detective Bernadette Callahan .75-Treading Darkness

Corporal Bernadette Callahan's life is going nowhere in a small town in western Canada. Her dreams of becoming a detective are stymied by a sexist Commander who wants more of her than she is willing to give. On this day, a decision she makes will change her life.

She will be given two options, to save a suspect she is chasing, or hang back and save herself. What will she do? Everything she's been taught in police protocol is against her basic instincts of what she wants to do. But, she must face he greatest fear, her fear of the dark. Will she do it?

This story is one day in the life of Constable Bernadette Callahan before she becomes a Detective of the Serious Crimes Division.