“Not yours. I work with you, not?—”
“For you,” he interrupted. “Yes, yes. Now let’s move.” He hurried her to her door and stashed her inside while he swept the place, not giving her much time to argue.
The warmth of her apartment felt so good, she decided to ignore his high-handedness.
“I’m going to call a few friends who can handle themselves to back me. You can go now.”
“Go ahead. I’ll wait.” He watched her call Hal.
Hal never picked up on the first ring, except this time he did. Odd. He sounded tense. “What’s wrong?”
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Jane.”
She sighed. “Nothing’s wrong, exactly. But I might need some backup before my boss assigns some poor cops to patrol my street. I don’t need babysitting.”
“I didn’t say you did,” Rapp answered.
“He’s there? Good. Are you hurt?” Hal sounded serious.
“No, not at all. I’m fine but tired. There was a shootout at the ferry tonight.”
“That was her?” she heard Joe in the background. Well, that would save her from a second call.
“I was involved, yes. But I didn’t start it.” She ignored the ghost of a grin on Rapp’s face. “A bit of added protection for a little bit wouldn’t hurt.”
“Put Rapp on,” Hal said, which surprised her but shouldn’t. Hal had never given her any info on Rapp, but he clearly remembered Rapp’s name.
She must have paused too long, because Hal growled, “Jane…”
“Fine.” She thrust the phone at Rapp. “Hal wants to talk to you.”
Rapp raised a brow but took the phone. He answered in yeses and nos then handed the phone back.
“Hal?” Jane scowled. He’d hung up.
“They’re on the way. I’m just going to wait for them to get here.”
“You know what? I’m done arguing. I’m going to shower and pack a bag. I have a feeling they’ll want me at the ranch tonight.”
“The ranch?”
“Family home on Bainbridge Island.”
“Ah. Mind if I put the TV on?”
“Knock yourself out.” Jane closed herself in her bedroom, neatly placed her clothes in the hamper, then took a hot shower that helped soothe her sudden jitters.
She’d been shot at. Again. Once could be bad luck. Twice?
Reallybad luck.
And as much as she didn’t like being reliant on others, if you couldn’t turn to family when it counted, who could you turn to?
She made herself leave the hot shower, dry and dress in comfortable sweats. After packing a bag, she decided to put her head down for a few minutes. Rapp could entertain himself for a little bit while she focused on settling down.
But she woke to low voices arguing.
