Cupping my cheeks, he pressed a kiss to my mouth and chuckled. “Baby, that’s not what I was going to say. This isn’t something we can deal with tonight. It’s already late. Mav will take him to the station and hold him until he cools down. When I go into work tomorrow, I’ll have a word with him.”
“You promise?” I asked, not willing to back down on this.
“I swear. And until we know more, don’t say a word. You know how fast gossip travels in this town.”
I knew that. So, no matter how much I wanted to find out more, I couldn’t even ask any questions. That would only lead to the whole town discussing this kid like the latestPeopleMagazine.
“I know.”
“Just let me handle this.”
Sure, I’d just sit on the sidelines and let him take care of everything. I usedto have a badge. People listened to me. Now, I was shoved to the side for someone else to handle the situation.
As much as I hated to admit it, being a fed had its perks.
I watched from a distance as Liam and Jeff walked the kid to the police car. I couldn’t tell for sure if it was Mav or Remi on call tonight, but either way, the kid was placed in the back seat and taken away. Meanwhile, Parker went back to the house to speak with the woman. I knew he would want to ask me questions later, but for now, I was heading home.
“Hey!” Jeff shouted, catching up with me. “Are you okay?”
“Of course. Why wouldn’t I be?”
“Well…because you’re pregnant, and you did all that running.”
Rolling my eyes, I walked across the bridge. “I’m sorry, are pregnant women not allowed to run?”
“It should definitely be considered by doctors.”
“Well, I don’t plan on changing my entire life just because I’m having a baby.”
He was silent for a moment. “You know, back in the 1500s, they used to put women in dark rooms and restrict their movements.”
I stopped and glared at him. “Is that what you’re suggesting I do? Lock myself away in a tower so I don’t accidentally get hurt?”
His eyes widened in surprise at my hostility. “No, I was just…making conversation.”
“Well, make conversation with someone who actually cares about what they did in the 1500s.”
“Geez, you’re kind of crabby when you don’t get to beat someone up.”
“I’m crabby because it’s taking three grown men to level a house when it would have taken me fifteen minutes.”
“Hey, we just wanted to make sure we had all the pieces right,” he defended himself.
“Yeah,” I snorted. “Good luck with that. You’re missing one major thing, though.”
I walked up the steps to my house and flung the door open.
“Yeah?” he called out. “What’s that?”
“That thing inside your head!”
“Hey, Bea!”I grinned as I walked into thesheriff’s department.
“Hey, Sunshine. I saw those pictures on that website thing. Nice wheels,” she winked.
Yes, I was Ms. Sunshine this morning, but only because I was after information, and since I was now on the outside looking in, I had to work harder for those answers. And Bea was my source.
“Facebook?”
