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“No problem. I see these guys are still causing shit in here.”
“No. They’ve been good since I laid down the ground rules. Not sure what happened tonight, I was in the back when it all happened.” Glenn said, nodding toward the three guys that Greg was still speaking with.
“Okay, I don’t recognize them from around here.”
“Me neither.”
“I was told that the bartender who called the police was on her break when my guys got here. Is she back yet? We’d really like to get a statement from her before we leave, especially now that we know one of them ran off.”
“She should be back in a moment. She was pretty rattled, so I gave her a little extra time. The Cobras haven’t been here in months, and the first night they are, this happens. They are going to have to stop coming in here, Jackson. This place is going to get a bad rap if they don’t.”
“Do you know which one of them ran off? Did you see him at all?”
“Yeah, the big guy, Garrick. He’d come in with them tonight. You’d know him, I’m sure.”
“I know of him, yes.”
“Well, the second he heard the sirens, he apparently ran out the door. I wouldn’t doubt if he isn’t the one who started it all, but then I was in the back, so I can’t say for sure.”
“How long had they been here?”
“Came in around six, I’d say. They ordered a few drinks, tried to hit on my new bartender and server, but you know how they are. These other guys, though, I have no clue who they are,” Glenn said, nodding toward the other three men who had been involved.
I nodded and then heard a door slam in the distance, and Glenn held his finger up and poked his head around the entrance to the back.
“Good, you’re back. The police want a word with you.”
“Be right there,” I heard a familiar voice say.
“She’ll be out in a minute.” Glenn went back to straightening up and clearing dishes off tables, and I turned around to see Greg make his way back over to me. “Just about ready to head out?” he asked as he put his notebook in his back pocket.
“Yeah, just waiting to talk to the bartender who called the police.”
“I don’t know about you, but I’m convinced it was the one who ran who started it all.”
I nodded. “Yeah, that was what the others said as well. We’ll wait and see what this bartender has to say and go from there. Those guys really should come down to the station, anyway. You should let them know that.”
“Already did. They said they’d meet us down there.”
“I’m sorry, you wanted to talk to me, officer?” a quiet voice asked behind me, and I turned around and met a face I’d thought I’d never see again.
It was as if all the air had left the room. The second my eyes landed on that dirty blonde hair, and those soft, dreamy blue eyes, I was done. My eyes skimmed down her sexy body, a body I’d once had in my bed, and I swallowed hard. I cleared my throat and fought the sensation that ran through my body, reminding me just how attracted I’d been to her.
“Bailey?” That was the only word I could get out of my mouth, as once again, my eyes ran the length of her body before returning to look into her eyes.
“Jackson,” she murmured, staring back at me.
“What are you…” I stopped mid-sentence, lost in her eyes. I didn’t need to ask. I knew she had moved back here. I just didn’t think I’d run into her this soon.
The sound of my name falling off her lips sent a wave of heat through my body. We stood in silence, staring at one another, and in those few moments, I had completely forgotten what it was I was even doing here and what I’d even wanted to see her for.
Greg cleared his throat and stepped in. “Miss,” he said, looking up at me and frowning. “we wanted to have a few words about what took place here tonight. I understand you were the one who called the police after the fight broke out. If you have a few minutes, we have a few questions we’d like to ask you.”
Her eyes never left mine as Greg continued speaking. Bailey stood there nodding at everything Greg said, but I doubted she was even listening. She confirmed my suspicions when he asked his first question. Instead of answering the question, she only nodded. Greg repeated the question once again, this time a little louder. She jumped at the sound of his voice, but finally, her eyes left mine and she slowly began answering what he wanted to know.
“Now, a little on the personal side. We were told by Glenn that the one man who left earlier had put his hands on you. Are you able to provide us a description of him?”
I met her eyes and clenched my fists at my side. The thought of another man putting his hands on her in any way boiled my blood.
