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Catching site of Clare and Autumn, I said, “I see them. It was really great seeing you again, Justin.”
“Yeah, you, too. Um, hey listen, do you want to share a cab, or maybe you’d like someone to escort you home?”
My cheeks heated under his intense stare. Something told me he wanted to do more than escort me home. “I appreciate it, but I’ll manage fine. I have a stop to make before I head home.”
He nodded. “Well, at any rate, it was great seeing you again.” The awkwardness that now quickly formed between us was exactly why I hadn’t dated anyone. If you weren’t into them, you ended up having to be the one to break things off, and then they would stare at you like Justin was right now.
Ugh.
“You too, Justin.”
Quickly slipping my heels back on, I searched out Clare and Autumn again after losing sight of them while talking to Justin. I needed to let them know I was going home.
Finding them, I made my way over to the bar. “Hey, guys, I think I’m calling it a night.”
“What? So soon? We just got here!” Clare said with a pout.
Kissing them both on the cheek, I made myself smile. “I’ll make it up to you, I promise.”
“Damn straight you will!” Autumn replied. They walked me outside and waited with me for a cab. Once I was safely stowed away, they turned and headed back into the club. It’s not like this wasn’t new for them. It usually went this way when I went out with them. I needed a shirt that read “I’m the party pooper.”
My heart felt heavy as I mumbled my address to the cabdriver. I wasn’t sure if it was from letting down my friends again, or seeing my mystery firefighter with another woman.
Chapter 3
Finn
Playing detective
“You wouldn’t happen to know the lawyer that was at the union meeting a few days ago, would you?”
John Penley stared at me with a blank expression. “Why?”
With a shrug, I responded, “Just wondering.”
“I’d stay far away from that, Ward. Far. Far. Away.”
I wasn’t getting anywhere with the guys at the station. No one knew her, and if they did, they kept warning me to stop asking.
Nikki Evans walked by, whistling. “Nik! Wait up.”
She kept walking. “Whatever you want, Ward, I’m not interested, I can’t help you, and no, I’m not going to sneak away with you for a quick fuck.”
Laughing, I shook my head. “Oh come on, Nik. I asked you one time to sneak off. I get that you have a boyfriend and I haven’t hit on you since, have I?”
She stopped and looked at me. “No. You haven’t. What do you want?”
Lacing my fingers through my hair, I asked, “At the union meeting last week, who was the new lawyer?”
“Rory?”
Rory.
“The one sitting on the end, next to the other suit I’ve never seen before.”
“Yeah, Captain introduced them when he was talking. They’re the new counsel who’ll be handling cases for the fire department.”
“Shit. That must have been when I fell asleep.”
