AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Chapter One
Lincoln
Arethey putting Lexie in handcuffs?
“Eric, will you load the dogs in the van and stay inside with them?” My tone was erratic as I attempted to infuse calm for his sake.
“Sure,” he said easily, casting a glance toward the building behind him. We were supposed to be going into the commercial kitchen. I was grateful he didn’t argue.
I needed two bodies . . . one to help Lexie and one to shield Eric from whatever nonsense was happening a few feet away.
“Lincoln?”
I’d taken three steps when he spoke my name. Slowly, I turned, trying to keep one eye on Lexie and the other on him.
The easy and generally happy demeanor of Lexie’s brother had been replaced by confusion and worry. Those people had caused that. I wanted them to pay.
“What’s going on?” he whispered, his gaze squarely focused on Lexie.
It was impossible not to see they had her detained.
“I don’t know.”
Where were my reassurances that everything would be fine? That I could handle the misunderstanding. Because Lexiedid notdeserve to be in handcuffs.
I strode toward her, eating up the crumbled pavement of the alley as I went.
Her gaze locked on mine.
A troubled, almost dazed, look was in those jade eyes. They begged me to help. And for once, I had no idea what to do.
“I believe a mistake has been made.” What I’d wanted to say was “get her out of those cuffs now.”
I hoped there was some semblance of relaxed control in my voice, but all I heard was a deafening roar of fear that made me want to lash out.
The woman standing near Lexie started, as if she hadn’t seen me coming. The man placed a hand on his hip.
Lexie wasn’t going to jail. And no one was going to be injured in the process.
“This doesn’t concern you,” he said. “Step away.”
“It very much does,” I returned coolly.
“Lincoln.”
In the way she spoke my name, there was adon’t allow them to take Eric, get them to release me, and stay out of it, I can fight my own battlesall rolled into one.
She hadn’t abandoned me when I’d been the one in cuffs, but even if she had, I wasn’t going to leave her on her own.Did she know that?
“Sir, please don’t impede an investigation,” the woman said.
“Investigation? This appears to be an arrest, not an inquiry.” My jaw hurt, it was so tight.I can play nice if it helps Lexie.
Her nostrils flared. “How are you involved with Miss Logan and Eric?”
I focused on Lexie. “She’s my partner.”
Inwardly, I cringed. Girlfriend was too juvenile for what was happening between us. I’d meant partner respectfully, that I saw her as an equal, but it sounded cold. We hadn’t established any sort of relationship verbally, and I was at a loss as to how to describe exactly what we were.
