Page 29 of Sergeant O'
Just because?
Okay, how’s tonight sound?
I gave myself an internal shake.No!Knock it off!
Thankfully his phone buzzed, pulling his attention away from me.
I saw him glance at the screen, then put the earpiece to his ear.
“Hey, Dad, what’s up?”
Brian was quiet for a beat, then replied, “No, everything seems to be fine.” He glanced over at me and asked, “You haven’t noticed anything unusual outside the house, have you?”
I shook my head no. “I made sure no one followed me when I went for a walk this morning.”
He tilted his head and furrowed his brows, like he was surprised I’d left the house, but told Chief O’Shaughnessy, “Jade says she was out earlier and there was nothing out of the ordinary here.”
He was still as he listened to his dad on the other end. Finally, he asked, “Are you sure you want to do that? I think you’re going to get some pushback and be made to look bad, like you’re abusing your power.”
Brian nodded along with whatever Angus was saying, and replied, “I mean, you’re the boss. And I’m definitely not to go turn it down, so yeah, that sounds good. Let me talk to Jade and see if she can drop me off.”
I inserted, “Of course I can.”
“She says she can.” He tilted the phone away from his mouth and asked, “Is an hour and a half too soon?”
“Not at all.”
That would give me time to clean up the kitchen, change his bandage, jump in the shower, and pack an overnight bag so I could head to the beach after dropping him off.
He put the mouthpiece next to his lips and said, “We’ll be there at ten thirty.”
The realization that he was leaving didn’t hit me until after he hung up, and a melancholy feeling washed over me.
Yeah, Brian and I would never be a thing, but it’d been nice having him there, even if it was just as friends.
Chapter Fourteen
Brian
“Go get situated on the couch. I’ll grab a towel and a blanket for you to cover up with, and we’ll get your bandage changed.”
I wanted to tell her I just needed a towel, but it was better to be safe than sorry. At this point, I’d rather err on the side of caution than be caught getting a hard-on because she was touching me.
Fuck, I can’t remember the last time a woman’s hands were anywhere near my dick when it was hard.
All the more reason to have as much fabric as possible covering me.
Instead, I deflected. “Do you have all the supplies you need?”
The corner of her mouth hitched.
“Yeah, of course. I’m a nurse.”
The way she said it, she might as well have added, “Duh,” at the end of her sentence.
“Well, I’m a cop. It doesn’t mean I have…” I paused as I tried to make a witty comparison, only to realize I had nothin’.
“A gun?” she quipped. “Handcuffs? Bullets?”
