Page 6 of Forever Zara

“You know, the day ofamor.” Capone winked at her.

“You got something to say, Officer?” Rider asked.

“There’s been a spree of car thefts in the area.”

“And? You want my help? I retired my Batman cape.”

She turned red in the face, both hands resting on her gun belt.

Rider wondered if Timmons knew he had a loose cannon on his team. One who was taking backhanders from the crooked mayor. The betting was he didn’t. Unless Rider and his gut instincts were wrong, Charlie had no idea. If her petty bullshit continued, he would have to drop that piece of info into the right ears.

“I wanna know if you had anything to do with it.”

All three men laughed.

“Damn, Prez. Can’t even buy a box of chocolates without being accused of crimes.” Texas said. “What next? Waterboarded for buying flowers?”

“Someone saw your boys hanging around a dealership right before it got hit.”

Rider smirked at her accusation. Lying bitch. He knew she was lying because stealing cars wasn’t his deal. It was Luxe’s. And she was smart enough never to get caught.

“That’s enough, Fielding.” Timmon’s spoke as he approached, irritation in his tone. She spun around to face her superior. “But…”

“I said e-fucking-nough. Get back in the car.”

“This is shit.” She spat, facing Rider. “You won’t always have people to hide behind.”

“I don’t hide,” he supplied, tonelessly. “I don’t steal cars either.”

She stormed off and slammed the car door after climbing inside.

Rider lifted a brow to Timmons, who sighed again and rubbed the back of his neck. “I don’t take kindly to being fuckin’ accosted on the street when we’re doing shit but standing here, Charlie.” And went on. “We know nothing about car thefts.”

“I know,” Charlie replied.

“She’s got it in for us.”

“I know that too.” Timmons proved his salt when he added with an intelligent, unwavering stare. “Long as you’re not doing shit you’re not supposed to, and you’ll be fine.”

Texas laughed, amused, and then sobered. “Maybe you need to put leashes on your kids, Sheriff. Officer Eager there has pulled my wife over more than once this month for bullshit reasons. It happens again; I’ll put in a complaint to your department.”

The irritation was apparent on the sheriff’s face. Was he fed up with her crap too? Interesting. It was something for Rider to think about later. Sofia wasn’t the top priority for him unless she got in his way.

When the sheriff took off, they watched them pull away before Capone asked, “do we need to put someone on her?”

“Not yet. She’s not that important.”

“She’s taking the woman scorned bit all the way, isn’t she?” The cultured voice came from Texas. “Maybe Arson’s dick wasn’t as magical as he thought.”

All three men laughed.

They split off and climbed onto their Harley’s.

Rider had a wedding this month. Finally, he’d get a ring on his Zara’s hand.

And he was dealing with his uncle too.

He didn’t have the time or effort to add a third fucking spoke into his plans.

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