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"Wait! You were there trying to get people like me arrested?"
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"Wow, really?" asked Kim. "Dude!"
"To be fair, I never did it again."
"Because of me," said Mike.
The ice grew in my tone. "I wouldn't have done it again, no matter what."
"Sure."
"Yes, Iamsure."
Kim coughed, using his Omega peacemaker instincts. "Then what happened?"
"Well," said Todd, "to nobody's surprise, Mike and I argued more."
"Because I didn't like him harassingourpeople."
"Becausehedecided I lived my life wrong."
"You were."
"And you were so damn smug. I might have listened if you had taken a moment to consider my feelings."
"Whoa," said Kim. "I get it. Then what?"
Mike jerked a thumb at me. "He took me for a ride."
"Oh, not again…"
"In Todd'scar, and we took the road not taken."
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Chapter Eight
June 1969
Mike
My cock was hard, but it was best we kept our pants on. The aura shifted, and if I could see it, his would have been pitch-black as we walked to his car. The man's hot and a great kisser, but the person inside? I couldn't be with someone who set up busts.
"Go on and say it," he said.
"You were looking for people to harass and arrest. That's so uncool."
"That's what police officers do. You investigate, and if it's illegal, you take the next step. That's the law."
"So were separate drinking fountains. Wouldyoujail someone for that?"
I waited for an argument, and he blinked before answering slowly. "No."
I got into his white convertible and waved to the group. The skunk-weed scent carried over, and if his sense of smell were as good as mine, he'd notice. He goes undercover to gay bars for arrests, so my new pot-smoking friends were another easy bust.
Instead of heading back, he drove off with me at his side. We debated politics and found no common ground. He didn't read my type of books and only saw one episode ofStar Trek.Ithought it was something special, but he insisted nobody would remember it in ten years.
