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Riggs leaned back in his chair and studied Russell. “To my knowledge, there has never been any other such allegation brought forth concerning Robert Long.”
“May I question some of the other firefighters?” Russell asked.
“I have no problem with that.”
“Thank you so much for your time, Captain Riggs.” Russell stood and reached his hand out. Captain Riggs took it, and turned to me.
“Rory, you might have a better shot of getting the guys to open to you, since you’re a part of the…family,” he said, glaring back at Russell.
A smile danced on my lips while I nodded my head and shook the captain’s hand. “Thank you, Captain Riggs, for your time.”
We’d turned to leave the captain’s office when he said, “Robert Long is probably one of the most caring guys I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting and working with. There isn’t a person around he wouldn’t give the shirt off his back for. We’re counting on you to get him out of this.”
I swallowed hard. What if we can’t do it? What if we lose? An innocent man could be sentenced to jail.
“We’re going to do our very best, sir,” Russell responded.
The captain walked us to a private office after introducing us to the firefighters. The moment he mentioned who my father was, all eyes were pinned on me.
We spent the next hour and a half asking the firefighters who worked on Robert Long’s shift questions. The more we asked, the more one thing stuck out to me.
When a call about an accident came over, everyone quickly dispersed.
“Well, I guess we’re done here,” Russell said with a sigh.
As I glanced down at my notes, one word caught my eye…“fiancée.” I had a gut feeling something wasn’t right…but I couldn’t put my finger on it.
As we approached Russell’s BMW, he stopped and turned to me. “Well, that didn’t really get us anywhere.”
“What about his fiancée?”
Holding the car door open for me, he pulled his head back and asked, “What about her?”
“I think we should talk to her. Maybe there was something she noticed or she knew.”
Russell nodded. “She’s on my list. I want to talk to his parents, then her.”
“Rory?”
Looking over Russell’s shoulder, I saw Finn.
“Finn, what are you doing here?” I asked as I made my way over to him. His eyes were fixed to mine, and when he smiled, he stole my breath. He looked past me and saw Russell.
“I think the better question would be what are you doing here?” Finn asked Russell.
I glanced over my shoulder to Russell, then quickly turned back to Finn. “Mr. McCormick and I are working on Robert Long’s case.”
Finn’s eyes moved from Russell back to me, and I thought I saw a look of relief move across his face. “We were talking to some of his coworkers. Do you know Long?” I asked.
“Yeah. I’ve met him a few times. Really nice guy.”
“That’s what everyone says,” I responded.
Finn took me by the elbow and walked me back toward the firehouse. “So if you have time to go out to eat with your…coworker…you surely have time to to go out to dinner with me.”
It wasn’t lost on me that a few of the other firefighters were watching us.
“This isn’t the time or place to talk about it, Finn.”
Narrowing his eyes at me, Finn leaned in closer. My heart skittered when I felt his breath against the soft skin under my ear. “Then where is?”
“Rory, we really need to get back to the office,” Russell called out.
Locking my eyes with Finn’s, I smiled. “I have to run. How’s Flash?”
I could see the disappointment on his face. “Come find out for yourself.”
My lips pressed tightly together.
“Rory!”
“Jesus Christ, dude, give us a second, will you?” Finn called out to Russell, the disappointment on his face turning to agitation.
“I really should go. I’ll see you around, Finn.”
He looked like he wanted to kiss me, and Lord help me, I wanted him to as well. “See ya around, Rory.”
And with that, Finn walked into the firehouse while I stood there like an idiot watching his retreating body.
Russell cleared his throat, pulling me out of my temporary daze.
I quickly got into his car. My heart was pounding and my head spun. What was it about Finn Ward that made me so crazy and had my body begging for more. More of his smile, his laugh…to be near him.
“Rory, are you even listening to me?”
Snapping my head to the left, I stared at Russell. “I’m sorry, what were you saying?”
“This firefighter. Is he going to be a distraction for you on this case?”
My breath caught. “What? No! Of course not. We’re only friends—why would you think that?”
Lifting his brow, Russell didn’t say anything, but I knew he was referring to the last few minutes, when I’d been totally lost in thought.
“Good. Because the last thing you or I need is for you to be distracted by someone.”
