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All eyes swing to me. “Yes, Ford, well aware it’s a special assignment.”
“Well then, you know it’s also confidential.”
“Cut the shit. Are you in danger?” Tom loses patience.
“We’re in danger every time we put on the uniform,” I come back with something he already knows.
His eyes blaze with irritation.
“We made a commitment a while ago to keep this city safe. That’s what we’re doing,” Major adds.
“Tom, do you want to turn around in a few months and have drugs running out of the back of your bar?” Talon goads.
Tom slices his angry glare to him.
“Didn’t think so.”
“We’re working alongside many agencies. They contracted us for a reason.”
“Your special skills,” Pete speaks up, eyeing his son. “You have something they need.”
Ace takes a second before nodding.
“Harley in the know?”
Ace nods again, this time holding his gaze.
“All the women in the know?” Hal pipes in.
“Harley and Jewls, yes. I haven’t had a chance to talk to Rowan yet,” I confirm.
“Anyone else?”
“The families will be in the loop, but to everyone else, we’re on special assignment.”
“Not hard to piece it together with James’s visit to the station and your involvement in the bust,” Rich says.
“True, but we signed an NDA for all details of specific cases.” Talon makes a signing motion with his hand. “We violate that, you should be afraid James will take care of us himself.”
I drop my chin to hide my grin.
“Okay, that’s good enough for me. Damn proud of you boys.” Pete gives his approval.
“Anything else?” I’m ready to get back to Rowan. With the wedding coming next week, and our new assignment, all of us have been working back-to-back to cover our time off and help the transition. Rowan’s been pulling twelve-hour days between the salon and working with her dad. When I get to Cruz’s at night, she falls asleep before I leave for my shift. This is our first night together since the morning I tried to convince her to move in with me.
It's past time for me to show her the benefits of being in my house full-time.
“One more thing.” Tom’s attitude is back to his normal grumpy disposition.
I glance at him with raised eyebrows. “Hollywood safe with her new roommates?”
At this, a collection of snickering fills the room. “It’s transitory, and yes, she’s safe.”
“Don’t know how you men find a way to screw things up…”
I don’t listen to the rest, stalking out to the sound of laughter.
Rowan is in the same place, this time flanked by Shayla and Ginger. All of them are doubled over in laughter.
