Page 5 of Deception
“Julian is getting information from an informant. It has to be someone from the inside.”
“What? Who?”
He sighs and wishes he’d had the chance to ask Alex even one question. Not that she seemed to have any answers. “I don’t know. The person who told me knew nothing more, either.”
“You trust this intel?”
“They went out on a limb to give me a heads-up about the warrant, so yeah, I do. You have someone talking to Julian. You have a rat, Colt.”
“Fuck,” he mutters. “Grayson?”
“Yeah?”
“Thanks, man.”
Hanging up, he turns to Ashley who stares with wide eyes. She may not want much to do with the club, but she understands it well enough to know what this means. She understands better than Grayson, that’s for sure.
“Someone’s talking to the cops?”
Nodding, Grayson lets out a long breath. “That’s what Alex said.”
“Alex McKenzie?”
“Yeah.”
“She’s ratting to you about a rat in the clubhouse?”
He chuckles. “Yeah, I suppose so.”
“Why?”
“Because she doesn’t like what the department has become. It used to be a respected authority that helped people. Now, it’s all about positive press and making Julian and Travis look good. It’s as corrupt as it’s ever been.”
Sauntering over to him, she looks up into his eyes. “And she wants you back? On the force, that is?”
He knows what she’s doing. She’s on a fishing expedition. “Baby, what do you think went on between Alex and me? We were only partners on a couple of cases.”
“That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Did you ever dress her up in wigs?”
Groaning, he closes his eyes and shakes his head.Why can’t we just let my poor life decisions go?“No.”
“Have you ever been with her?”
He could lie. Tell her no, he’s never fucked her and never wanted to, but he knows it’s a guarantee the truth will come to light not long after he does. The world just seems to work that way around this town. “Yes.”
Backing away, she looks surprised. It clearly wasn’t the expected answer. “What?”
“We were undercover,” he says.
“Really? What was the case?”
“We were trying to catch a killer who broke into homes, raided the place, and killed his victims before posing them in crude positions to be found. He got off on the shock value.”
Her nose scrunches up. “Gross.”
“We learned he got off on watching the couples together before he broke in. Based on the evidence we found outside their bedroom windows, he really enjoyed it.”
A smirk appears. “So you had to have sex to get him off?’
