Page 114 of Beyond the Badge: Crew

“Aren’t Rez and Finn’s girlfriends dancers?” Maybe not ballerinas, but still…

“At fourteen, I’d prefer she not swing around a pole.”

Cami clicked her tongue. “Since she’s about to turn fifteen, she only has about three years before she can do it legally.”

Crew pulled his sunglasses down his nose just enough to peer over them. “Perfect example on how you like to get under my skin.”

She grinned and patted his very firm stomach. “I’m just lightening the mood. And there’s nothing wrong with being a stripper.”

“You’re right, there’s not. Unless you’re talking about my teenage daughter.”

At least it got him to stop thinking about his evil ex-wife. “When do you get them?”

He slid his sunglasses back into place. “Friday after school. Then I drop them back off Sunday night.”

“That doesn’t seem long enough.”

“It’s not,” he agreed.

“Well, then I guess that means I can swim naked all weekend without worrying about someone barging in unannounced. Is that what you’re telling me?”

His head jerked back, and his nostrils flared enough for her to catch it. “Sure. If that’s what you heard. But just so you know, I’m not the only one with access to the house. There’s a bunch of us.”

“That may be true, but so far, you’re the only one who has invaded my space.”

“It won’t happen again.”

“I figured that after seeing you spooked this morning.”

A crease appeared in his forehead over his sunglasses. “I wasn’t spooked.”

“Then what were you?”

It took him forever to answer. “Tired.”

“I was the one who worked all night.” She stepped back, putting space between them. “And I’m about to go do it again. I’ll run up and grab the keys to the pool car. Are you heading up?”

He shook his head. “No, I’m going to head out.”

Funny, since he had been headed upstairs before she stopped him.

She glanced at the time on her cell phone. “Shit. I need to get going, even though I doubt they’d notice if I’m late. Hell, they wouldn’t notice if I didn’t even show up. It’s not like I have to clock in or anything.”

“Being invisible might be a good thing. You can be more observant without your actions being noticed.”

She nodded. “I try to stick close to the Demons so I can hear any chatter we can use against them. Plus, my goal is to find where they keep their stash as soon as I can. And on that note… I need to roll.”

Without waiting for a response, she headed toward the stairs.

“Cabrera…”

She stopped and glanced over her shoulder.

With hands on his hips, he had his mirrored sunglasses pointed toward her. “Be safe.”

She gave him an answering lift of her chin and continued on. She ended up waiting at the bottom of the stairs until she heard his Harley start.

That throaty rumble sent a little thrill through her.

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