"There are a lot of things my mother shouldn't do," he admitted. "And if I could only stop one of them, it'd be the 10am tumbler of gin. I'm used to the chiding and it won't take years off her life."

He glanced out the window and then looked at Raylan. "She doesn't dislike cops. She appreciates what they do. She just..." He took a deep breath and gave a sort of helpless shake of his head. "She thinks it's beneath me as a job."