Page 46 of Beyond the Badge: Crew

But the truth was, how was she going to learn without him throwing her into the mix?

He sure as fuck hoped Williams wouldn’t have added her to his task force if he didn’t believe she’d be able to handle it. Unless he’d been pressured to do so…

That was his worry.

If she couldn’t do her job properly, it could be dangerous for her. And that, in turn, could be dangerous for him.

He’d feel better if she partnered up with someone on the team first. A partnership like Fletch and Wilder.

That had worked out well.

Too well, in their case.

As he hit the top landing, he pulled his cell phone from his back pocket and pulled up his contact list. He scrolled until he found Decker’s number, then he punched in the code to the door and as soon as it unlocked, he pushed Send on his phone and pulled open the door.

He only hoped Big Deck didn’t have his phone set to vibrate.

As he stepped inside, he heard it.

Cabrera was right. The asshole had Cartman from South Park screaming, “Respect my authoritah!”as Crew’s ringtone.

Decker quickly hit a button to ignore the call and his eyes sliced over to him. “Did you just butt dial me?”

No, he didn’t. “Is that your normal ringtone?”

“Yep.”

“For everyone?”

“Uh huh.”

Crew glanced over at Finn. “Call Deck’s phone.”

Finn’s mouth gaped, then snapped shut. “I don’t have his number.”

Crew went over to where Rez was sitting and put out his hand. “Give me your task force phone.”

Rez’s head jerked back. “I forgot to bring it.”

“Bullshit,” he growled, then marched over to the phone in the middle of the conference table and punched in Decker’s number. He heard nothing but a low buzz. “Take it off vibrate.”

Decker’s expression went blank. “I don’t want to disturb anyone.”

“Bullshit,” he repeated as he shook his head. He glanced around. “Do all of you use that ringtone for me? You think I’m like Cartman?”

“Pretty much,” Finn answered with a snort. “You don’t think you are?”

“I—”

For fuck’s sake.

ChapterNine

After climbing off his bike,he peeked into the garage window to see her Audi parked inside.

She was home.

In a few long strides, he was at the door and ringing the bell.

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