Reply To: The Searcher: What is Cal doing in Ireland?
I think Cal was referring to how insecure he had become with himself. When someone knows us well they know all our quirks, facial expressions, how we will react in different situations. We lose some of our anonymity in this kind of friendship. He was struggling to redefine himself now that he was divorced and I think he felt like a failure because of the divorce.Cal didn’t want his buddies who knew him so well to realize just how insecure he was feeling. He feels that starting a new life far away from the familiarity of Chicago would be the best way to mend the fraying edges of his moral code. What he found in this quiet rural area of Ireland was more than beautiful countryside. He found a whole new culture, with an intricate set of rules and police work he didn’t bargain for. He found a child in need of his help and skills as a cop. He found a friend in Lena who helped him deal with Trey the way he should have dealt with his daughter when she was mugged and needed a father not a cop. None of this changed the past but it all gave him a better idea of how to handle the future. Cal was finding himself.
