Rich and Saber came into view and parked their bikes behind Krissy’s BMW. I pointed them out and explained who each man was to Clark.
He frowned. “So Rich is with this training business, and Saber is with the Lordes, and you keep seeing them together?”
“Yeah,” I said. “I’m starting to wonder if Saber and Kelsey have something going on because Krissy is definitely with Rich Pucci.” What a name. Seriously.
“Does Aiden know?”
“I’m not sure,” I admitted, my stomach hurting a little bit. “I’ll ask him tonight about Saber as well as the tattoo. Maybe he knows something.” Although, it wouldn’t be the first time Aiden didn’t share information with me. We needed to get over that if we were going to keep seeing each other.
Unlike the rest of the world, Clark didn’t open his mouth and give me his opinion about Aiden.
I waited, ate more noodles, and then waited some more. “All right. Why aren’t you lecturing me about dating Aiden? I know you must’ve seen the newspaper article, and our business runs on gossip, so you obviously knew I’d been put on leave because you didn’t ask me about it when I said I was free for a stakeout because of the leave.”
Clark swallowed more soda. “I knew about the forced leave within ten minutes of Nick kicking you out of the office. Gossip is crazy in the judicial corner.”
I finished the noodles. “No lecture?”
“I have a younger sister, Anna. No lecture.”
I turned to study him. “Interesting.”
“Yep. She does what she wants, especially when it comes to dating. I learned a long time ago to stay out of the way unless she asks me to step in.” He shrugged. “Besides, what do I know about dating? I choose the wrong woman every time. Believe me. I’m trying to break that habit, but it’s difficult.”
My ears perked up. “Really? Tell me more.”
“No.” He finished off the chicken dish. Then he kicked back in his seat. “How long do we just watch?”
That was a good question. “I’m kind of interested if Saber stays when the other two leave. If he’s dating Kelsey, it might be a way in to get information, considering he works for Aiden.” That was if Aiden cooperated with me, of course.
Clark shut his eyes. “Fine. Wake me when something happens.” Then, in less than a minute, he fell asleep. His breathing was even, and his body relaxed.
It was impressive. It usually took me forever to go to sleep.
I settled back and let my mind drift to the case, to Aiden, and to a couple of other cases I had coming up. One might go to trial, and it’d be my first real trial.
Motorcycle pipes down the street jerked me awake, and it took a second to remember I was in my car. It was dark and quiet, save for the pipes.
Clarke sat up and rubbed his eyes. “What time is it?”
I glanced down at my phone. “It’s around eleven. We fell asleep.”
He cocked his head to see better as everyone drove away from the curb. “Looks interesting.”
I started my car. Krissy drove her BMW, Rich his bike, and Saber drove his bike with Kelsey on the back. “Looks like they are dating.” There was something about a woman on a man’s bike in motorcycle clubs, but I’d never paid much attention. I waited until they’d all turned around and drove off before slowly following.
Clark grinned. “This is kind of fun.”
“Yeah. They’re probably just going for a drink or to get dessert or something,” I said. But if so, why was Krissy in her car and not on the back of Rich’s bike?
The moon provided enough light for me to follow them at a distance, and when they turned down the long and private road to the funeral home, I turned off my headlights.
Clark shook his head. “This is so not a good idea.”
“I know,” I whispered, leaning over the steering wheel. “Though the big question is, why are they going to a funeral home after dark?”
“Something kinky?” Clark muttered. “Or illegal. Or maybe they just left something at work.”
“Something all four of them have to go and pick up?” I didn’t think so. I pulled off the road onto a grassy area and then drove as close to the trees as I could. “We need to go on foot from here. They’ll notice the car.”
