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Her nearly silent, “Thank you,” preceded me out the door.
Walking down the steps, I was surprised to see Annalise sitting on my front porch.
I’d spotted her when I was halfway down, and saw that her eyes flared at the sight of me coming out of Adeline’s apartment sweaty and shirtless. I didn’t say anything though. It wouldn’t help.
She was jealous, and egging her on wouldn’t help the situation.
“Annalise,” I said as I made it to my front porch.
Her nose and lip lifted into a snarl. “Did I interrupt something?” She sneered.
“What can I help you with?” I asked, ignoring her snarl.
It wasn’t like she had any claim on me anymore. Still, I could see how she would be upset by it. So I’d give her some slack.
For now.
“I came to see if you wanted to go grab something to eat, but I can see I’m too late. You already ate the girl next door.” Annalise spat.
“I think it’s time for you to leave if you don’t have anything worthwhile to say. I’ve got somewhere to be.”
“Do you really have somewhere to be, or are you just saying that because you want me to leave?”
Her question was answered moments later when Trance pulled up on his bike and pulled into one of my assigned spots.
He shut it off, put down the kickstand, swung his leg over the bike and stood.
Annalise’s face turned down into a severe frown, which was another reason I’d ended it.
She didn’t accept my family. And Trance was family as well as one of my best friends.
She especially hated Trance.
Trance was a K-9 officer with the Benton police department.
Although not in the same department as Annalise, they still passed each other on occasion, and she’d gone out of her way to let it be known that she didn’t trust him.
I hadn’t been aware of it until Trance had come to me one day, finally telling me his problem with Annalise. Not that he’d needed to, because I’d broken up with her the night before.
“Kettle,” Trance said as he offered his hand.
Trance was named after his eyes. They were two different colors, one blue and one green; the girls loved them.
Something about the man’s curly blonde hair and weird eyes did it for the women.
When you added the cut and the badge, he was nearly unstoppable.
“Trance,” I shook his hand.
“Well, as nice as this is,” Annalise said as she stood up. “I think I’ll go home. Sorry I even bothered.”
Trance and I watched her go, neither one concerned in the least that she left.
“Are you ready for a ride?” Trance asked.
I nodded. “Just need to go change. I’ll be out in ten. My neighbor needed some help carrying in her groceries.”
Trance nodded and took a seat on the couch as I went to the master bedroom to find a shirt and a pair of pants.
