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So I told him that, too.
Luke blinked, his eyes going wide.
“One of my men is doing this?” Luke asked, a note of annoyance in his voice.
I nodded, pulling the papers she’d received from my coat pocket and tossing them down on his desk.
They hit with a soft thud, and Luke immediately started to pour through them.
“Wait,” Downy said, silent until now. “You’re telling me that douche wad is trying to sue my sister?”
I nodded. “He is.”
Downy’s fists clenched.
It seemed Downy wasn’t as immune to his sister’s well-being as he tried to make himself seem.
“I’m gonna fucking kill him,” he grunted, standing abruptly.
“Sit down!” Luke barked.
Downy flipped Luke off and left without another word, causing Luke to sigh.
“You really had to do that with him here?” He asked.
I shrugged. “Someone had to do it. I have my peace officer’s license, but I don’t work for you. If I’d have done it, it wouldn’t have had the same effect as if one of y’all had done it.”
“You’re going to get him in trouble,” Luke muttered, his tired eyes coming to meet mine.
I shrugged.
“You know what?” I said. “I don’t think I really give a fuck. It’s time someone thinks of Aspen, here, instead of themselves. It’s time for Downy to step up to the plate.”
Luke snorted.
“He did step up to the plate,” he said, standing now too. “She would’ve gotten five years in prison had it not been for him.”
I shrugged, even though that was the first time I’d heard that.
It didn’t surprise me, though.
“Good.” Was all I could think to say.
He shook his head.
“Anything else?” He wanted to know.
I hesitated, remembering the boy from last night. The same one who’d been staring at me from his front yard this morning.
Remembering the note of promised violence in his eyes, I went ahead and informed him of what happened there, too.
“Fucking kids,” I muttered darkly. “This whole fucking thing is a clusterfuck.”
Luke nodded.
“I’ll do some research. Do you know his last name?” He asked.
I shook my head. “No. Only the first, but I can tell you his address.”
