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“No? You’re sure acting like it.”
“I’m acting like your boyfriend. I’m acting like I love you and need you safe. Why’s that so hard to understand?”
“Because you’re giving orders instead of asking how I feel! I’m fine where I am. Nothing is going to happen. New locks and new windows, remember? I’m a big girl now, boss. Let me be one.”
Cash and Tom’s advice flits through my head. I have no choice but to not fight her on this.
“I’m not happy about this.”
Her eyes take on a sexy shade and she runs her finger down the front of my shirt, stopping at my belt where she gives it a little tug. “You’ll get there. In the meantime, stop telling me what to do. And maybe if you’re good, I’ll come over later and suck your dick. Does Daddy want me to play with his balls while I take you to the back of my throat?” She asks in a sing-song voice.
“I thought you said you’d never say it again.” Her mischievous look fucking wrecks me and my breath leaves my lips on a rush.
“I only say it to push your buttons, boss.” She smirks, and it takes every ounce of energy I have to keep my frustration under wraps.
“You come over tonight, suck me right, and I’m going to show you how good an orgasm feels with my dick in your ass.”
“Promises, promises.” She winks and turns quickly on her heels before heading back to her desk.
Standing for a moment, I’m a bit shell-shocked, I’ll be honest. I only move when I hear yelling once again coming from the back cells. Remembering the suspect who was brought back, I head towards the noise.
“Yo! What’s the problem?”
“Chief Hunter! What kind of circus are you running here?” The suspect is inside his cell. He’s young, early twenties at the most. Clothes are black and baggy, but he’s got brand new name brand sneakers on.
“Nice kicks. You steal them? Or buy them with the jewelry you stole?”
“Pfft, man. I didn’t steal shit.”
“Then why are you in here?”
“Wrong place, wrong time.”
That phrase runs through my body like a cold chill. The face of the cop who told my family my sister was in the wrong place at the wrong time, burns to the forefront of my mind. The kid watches me and I have to take a few breaths before I lose my shit on him for something that has nothing to do with him.
“You part of those gangs fighting over town lines?”
“You should be mindful of your own town line.”
“Oh yeah? You have information for me?”
He laughs. “I ain’t no snitch.” He leans in, threading his hands around the bars. “They wanna make you work for your title,Chief.”
I won’t give into his threats. I’ll bait him instead.
“I heard you guys target single females. You and your crew don’t sound so tough if you’re only beating up on women.” I laugh. “Andyougot caught, so what’s that say about you? Just another dumb criminal.”
Turning my back on him and walking away because he’s not going to give me anything useful, I pause when he calls out.
“And you’re just another dumb cop, thinking he’s untouchable.”
ChapterTwenty-Six
VINCENT
We had no choice but to let that suspect go. Everything about him made me uneasy. He was too young to be such a wiseass with the cops. It’s like he was schooled prior to coming in. He knew to ask for me. And seeing Daisy stand with me, he now knows she’s mine.
And it doesn’t sit well with me at all.