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“Maybe your relationship will get better over time—you know, like your and Chloe’s.”
“My relationship with him gets worse with time, and unlike Chloe, I don’t want to be around him.”
“I understand, man. So, you’re into her, huh? I knew you crushed on her in high school, even after she told you to get fucked, but I thought you had grown out of it. You’re like a kid on the playground again. How many valentines are you putting in her basket this year?”
“Piss off.”
“My best friend is infatuated with a chick who hates him.”
* * *
I smilebefore answering the phone. “Hello, world’s best mother.”
“Hi, honey,” she says on the other line. “Can you pick up a few things for me at the store before coming over tonight?”
I stop walking on my journey to my desk at the station. “Tonight?”
“Yes, for your sister’s birthday dinner.”
I frown and pull my phone away to check my Calendar app. “Her birthday isn’t for another three days.”
“She has plans with Devin, so we’re doing it tonight.”
Devin the Douchebag.
My younger sister lives for dating the wrong dudes. They’re not even the bad boys, more along the lines of fuck boys who wear sweaters with cardigans over their shoulders—which is surprising. She’s the wild child out of the bunch.
“I’ll be there. Send me a list of what you want me to pick up. Seven?”
“Yes, seven. I’ll see you then.”
I need to tell Chloe about our change of plans. I open the database and find her phone number—perk of being in law enforcement.
If texting doesn’t work, I can persuade her better in person; I wouldn’t mind stopping by her office for a quick visit.
7
Chloe
I grab my phone from my desk when it beeps with a text.
Unknown: Hey, gorgeous.
I hit reply.
Me: Who is this?
I’m certain I know the answer to my question.
Unknown: Your favorite neighbor.
Me: Mrs. Davis?
Unknown: Let me elaborate. The neighbor who made you come last night.
Me: Mr. Davis?
The Davises are my eighty-year-old neighbors.
