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“Your chief of police,” I whisper.
He blows air out through pursed lips. “Yeah. And the other guy Jim Curren. He’s basically the go-to man for the Soldados de los Muertos. That’s Carlos Mejia’s cartel crew.” He snarls. “Fuck. Okay, I need to call in what happened tonight.”
My heart jumps into my throat, but he smiles and reaches out. His hand goes on my knee. For some reason, it’s so soothing when he touches me. I like his hand there—so huge, and strong.
“I’m not mentioning you,” he growls.
Tanner raises a brow.
“I’m not,” Bishop mutters. “We need to figure this out. But if that’s Chief Millbrook on there, and Curren? This is bigger than anything this town has ever seen.” He stands. “Stay here with Tanner; you’ll be safe. I’m just calling in the breaking and entering.” He turns to Tanner. “Give me your gun, from tonight.”
“Why?”
“Because now it’s my second piece, which I happened to be carrying and used to shoot those guys all by my lonesome.”
Tanner nods. He smiles thinly at his friend. “Thanks.” He takes the gun out of his holster and passes it to Bishop.
“Does this have paperwork?”
Tanner frowns. “C’mon, who do you think I am? Of course it does.”
“Good. And traceable to you?”
“Yeah,” Tanner grins. “Good thing you borrowed it the other day.”
Bishop grins back and turns to me. He kneels, both hands on my knees as his fierce but kind, dark eyes look into mine. I smile, warmth teasing through me. It really is comforting, being here with them. For the first time since this all happened, I actually feel safe. Finally.
“Stay here,” he whispers. “I’ll be back when I can, and we’ll go from there.” He stands and turns to his friend.
“You know she’s safe,” Tanner growls. Bishop nods and shakes his hand.
“Thanks for the help tonight.”
Tanner shrugs and grins. “I mean I couldn’t just let you and your shit shooting skills walk into that alone.”
Bishop rolls his eyes and flips the other man off, which makes me giggle softly. Bishop turns and winks at me, then he heads out. Tanner follows him and shuts the door behind him. Then he turns to me.
“You hungry?”
My stomach growls loudly, and he grins.
“Starving, actually.”
He chuckles. “Sit tight, I’ll make us something.”
He endsup making a pasta and chicken dish laden with pesto sauce, and it’s fucking delicious. I haven’t eaten since last night, before I went on the run. So I devour three helpings.
I can see Tanner has a million questions, like why the hell I broke into Loretta’s house. But he doesn’t ask. He lets me eat, and I’m so thankful for that. My head feels like it’s swimming, and I’m just physically exhausted.
“I’d ask if you want to take a shower,” he grins.
I blush deeply. “Did you…?”
He chuckles and shakes his head. “I saw nothing, I swear.”
I smile, still blushing as I glance down. “Liar.”
Tanner grins. “To be fair, we thought you were a burglar.”
