Spinning on my heel, I grabbed Wesley and pushed him against the counter, pulling his hands behind his back. “Is this really the way you want to do things?”
“Go fuck yourself,” he snapped.
“Quite the mouth you have. If you don’t want to land in any more trouble, I suggest you keep it shut.”
“Is that your fucked up way of reading me my rights?”
“Nah, kid. That’s just some friendly advice,” I said, hauling him up and marching him to the door. “Blake, let’s move.”
“Well, I guess that means we’re not going home,” she sighed.
“Sorry to cock block you,” Wesley snickered, not even caring in the slightest that he was in a world of trouble. The kid just didn’t get how fucked he was, and if I didn’t set him straight soon, it would be too late to give him the life he needed.
“Well, this has been fun, but I think I’ll head out.”
“You don’t have your car,” I said, pulling Wesley to a stop as I looked at Blake.
“I’ll take your truck.”
“I need my truck.”
Wesley jerked in my arms, but I tightened my grip while also grabbing him around the back of the neck to hold him still. “Stop fucking around before you get hurt.” Turning back to Blake, I raised an eyebrow at her.
“Fine, I’ll check out the downtown area. You can give me a ride home when you’re done.”
“Keep your phone on you.”
“Like I could ever lose you,” she smirked, walking in the opposite direction.
It was impossible not to stare at her ass as she walked away. It didn’t matter what I was dealing with at the moment. I would never not be in the mood to fuck her.
“Pervert,” Wesley snorted.
I shoved him forward and took him to the station for processing. It was a really shitty thing to have to arrest a kid the day after I agreed to take him into my custody and vouch for him, to be his guardian. But I stepped into these shoes for a reason, and I wasn’t backing down just because he was a pain in the ass.
The moment I walked through the doors of the station, Maverick burst out in a laugh, shaking his head as he handed Remi a twenty. “You called it.”
Shoving Wesley into the cell,I slammed the door and walked away. If Callahan decided to press charges, this kid was gonna be in a world of hurt that I might not be able to save him from. He’d already gotten into too much trouble in this town, and the folks around here probably wouldn’t be too forgiving, knowing what they did about him.
Slumping into the chair in Mav’s office, I rolled my eyes when he chuckled at me.
“So, I bet you didn’t think you’d have to deal with this on your first full day as a guardian.”
“He’s supposed to be in school. I dropped him off.”
“Yeah, but did you watch him walk in?”
I hadn’t. “Fuck.”
“Even once he’s in the school, good luck keeping him there,” he laughed. “Not sure what you were thinking with that one.”
“I was thinking he needed some fucking help before his whole life went in the shitter.”
“Well, some kids you can’t help.”
“Is that the way we’re handling things in this town?” I snapped. “Shove the kid aside because no one’s taken the time to help him?”
“That’s not what I’m saying.”
