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“What, baby?”
“How do you have this?” he asked, tapping on the phone in my hand.
“It’s mine, baby. I’m the one that makes those videos you love so much.” It was actually tomorrow’s scheduled upload.
His eyes rounded, lips parting in surprise. “Y-you’re Dark ASMR?”
“In the flesh.”
“But—“
The double doors to the station shuddered under the force with which they were shoved open. Everyone nearby gawked as Elite stormed inside.
All twelve of Matthew’s swim bros converged on the place, filing through the doors and fanning out as they rushed inside. They filled the entire entrance, crowding the hallway and spilling out into the open squad room.
Kruger was at the front, dark scowl matching the black sweats he wore. His hand curled around Jess’s, whose brown hair was pulled up on top of her head with strands falling out all over the place.
Spread out behind them were seven swimmers, all of them large and not one smiling. Three girls dotted amongst the men, all of them smaller than their counterparts and all of them worried.
I texted one, and they all showed up.
I guess this was what it meant to be Elite.
“There he is,” Kruger said, pointing to Prism. They all shifted in our direction, and Matthew stood.
“What are you doing here?” he asked, not nearly as surprised as I was.
“This is an episode of déjà vu I could live without, bro,” Kruger told him.
“Heard you needed us,” Ryan said.
Matthew glanced over his shoulder at me, his gaze dropping to my phone. I nodded.
“You shouldn’t have called them,” he told me.
“Matty.” Jess rushed forward, grabbing his arm. “What happened? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” He assured her, even going as far as smiling. The smile did not reach his eyes. “I think these cops might be obsessed with me,” he whispered loudly.
“That is not funny,” she said, leaning in to loop her arms around him. Even though she was hugging him, her eyes came to me. “What happened, Arsen?”
I gave her the short version. “Got pulled over. Cops found some drugs in the car.”
“This is not the time and place for a social call,” the officer who brought me in boomed over the group. “These men are under arrest, and you all need to vacate the premises.”
“Sure, bro, we’ll go,” Win said, sounding agreeable.
Jamie nodded. “As soon as you uncuff our friends so they can come with.”
Proud of themselves for tag-teaming that sentence, the bros fist-bumped.
“You know that’s not how things work around here,” Detective Paul told them.
I turned to the detective. “As I told your officers before, Matthew has nothing to do with this. I was just giving him a ride home. The drugs were in my car. You have no reason to hold him. Just release him, and I’ll stay and answer all your questions.” When my lawyer gets here.
“I’m not leaving without you,” Matthew insisted.
Stubborn.
