“Well, well, well, Kodi Marshalls, the big badass police officer,” I call, gaining the beautiful woman’s attention from where she’s helping her partner drag the offender, and she grins widely, her hazel eyes sparkling.
“Hey, Clark,” she says before she looks at her partner and says, “Take a seat with him, Masters. I’ll log him in.”
The man nods as she walks over to me, but I don’t miss the way his eyes go to her ass.
Huh, maybe something’s going on with them? Although, Kodi and I shared the same no sex before marriage values back in school…
I shake my head as I drop the clipboard and give her a hug.
“How are you doing, girl?” I ask as we pull away, and she shrugs one shoulder and replies, “Oh, you know, so-so, working a lot,” and I nod in understanding.
Kodi, Belle and I were in the same friend group in high school and hung out a lot. Belle and Kodi no longer get along – something about Belle claiming she heard Kodi gloat about trying to get with my brother, something I have never believed. I’ve always stayed in touch with Kodi, heck, she’s even watched my daughter a few times but as of late her job is getting busier, a job she wasn’t keen on having but was pushed into.
Her mom was killed four years ago by the Chargers in retaliation for some of the men being charged with assault. Her dad is the chief, and they hit him where it hurts, and now the leader, last I heard, is doing life because the man filmed himself raping and then killing Grace Marshalls. Kodi was in school studying art while working in an art gallery, but her father pulled her out and forced her to join the police academy.
She’s lost a little bit of her spark.
“Willow misses you,” I say, and she grins widely.
“I have the day off next Thursday, we can meet up at the park?” she suggests, and I nod, already knowing I’m off that day and it’s a day off for the kids.
“Sounds perfect,” I say just as I see Knuckles walking my way, and I frown, causing Kodi to turn, but she tenses completely, confusing me, and she says, “I'd better log this guy in. He isn’t hurt or anything, but he knew that if he claimed he was, we would have a duty of care. Just uh, give me a message about what time on Thursday.”
I raise a brow but nod as she walks by me, squeezing my arm as she goes, but Knuckles stops before me, his eyes on Kodi.
Hmm, interesting, very interesting.
“Hey, good looking, what’s cooking?” I ask Kuckles, gaining his attention, and he smirks at me.
“You know if Trick heard you say that he’d skin me alive,” he says, and I chuckle as I begin to walk to the door with him following.
“Yeah, but it got your attention,” I say before I ask out of curiosity, “I didn’t realize you knew Kodi?”
“Kodi?” he says slowly, like he’s trying to taste her name on his tongue, and my curiosity builds.
“I don’t, not really. She was the cop who came when we called about the kids and wouldn’t take my authority when I explained the fuckers had left before we got there. I couldn't exactly say, ‘oh, hey, yeah, don’t worry about it, we’re killing them.’ She was pissed,” he admits, and I hum before I inform him, “Her mom was killed out of petty revenge by the Chargers,” and he pauses just outside of the hospital and looks back inside.
He wants to go in, but he’s hesitant and I know his mom is the reason for that.
While the club bunny has been there for him, it wasn’t in a positive way, something I only know because I saw her treatment firsthand, and he doesn’t trust women.
“She’s a lovely girl,” I add, “Hung out with me and Belle a lot in high school.”
He hums again just as I hear, “Buttercup,” and I turn to the parking lot, and my mouth drops open seeing every officer brother on their bikes, my husband front and center.
“What the…” I whisper, and Knuckles says, “Welcome to your ambush, sweetheart.”
Ambush?
I frown before I lock eyes with my brother's determined ones, and I groan, causing Knuckles to chuckle.
Goddamn Miles for not prewarning me.
Chapter 19
Trick
Clark shakes her head at us in frustration, but the anger directed at me has me tensing and I turn to Crash and snap, “If I don’t get pussy tonight after missing it last night, brother, I’m going to kill you for this.”
