Page 124

“What are they going to do?” he asked, taking a large bite of his steak. “Give the fire department a ticket for starting a fire?”

I bit my lip, then picked my burger up, taking a large bite without answering.

He was right.

What the hell were they going to do? And who would be stupid enough to give the fire department a ticket?

Apparently, my ex would be.

***

Drew

My eyes narrowed as the patrol car rolled up, and I somehow just knew exactly who the dumbass was behind the wheel.

“You’re shitting me right now, aren’t you?” I asked him the moment he stepped out of the car.

“You’re breaking the law,” he gestured to the fire.

Booth stood up and stretched the muscles of his neck, then started for him.

“I suggest you leave while you still can,” Tai said smoothly.

He was the closest one to the stupid fuck, therefore the most logical one to say something.

PD wasn’t far behind, shaking his head and standing as well.

“Downy and Luke are on their way back here, even now,” PD told him. “Now’s not the best of times.”

Danny’s eyes narrowed on me and Aspen, who was sitting in my lap.

“Please tell me he’s not really here,” I whispered into the back of her head, burying my face into her hair.

Aspen was more tense than I was, her eyes locked on the stupid piece of shit while he tried to throw his weight around.

Lucky for him, and unlucky for me, Luke and Downy showed up when they did, or it was likely that the poor excuse for a man would’ve ended up meeting the business end of my fist.

“What are you doing here, Danny?” Luke barked the moment his foot touched the concrete.

“Sir,” Danny said. “I had multiple complaints of smoke and a fire in this man’s front yard.”

“You knew, as well as the rest of the department, what was going on, and that I was handling it. Why, may I ask, are you here when I explicitly told you not to come?” Luke snapped.

Danny’s body tightened, but he apparently saw the error of his ways seeing as he stepped back and put quite a bit of distance between the two of us.

“Sorry sir,” Danny muttered, walking back to his car.

But before he could get there, Luke stopped him.

“What’s this nonsense that I hear about you suing Aspen?” Luke asked him in a deceptively calm tone.

“Uhhh,” Danny licked his lips nervously, not knowing what to say.

I smiled then, knowing the little fucker was about to have his ass handed to him.

Luke may not have been the most bad of all the badasses, but he was still pretty fucking scary. Especially when he wanted to be.

Like right then.