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“That’s a lie! I didn’t break in, how could I break in with a key, Officer whatever your name is,” she snarls, pulling the key out of her front pocket.
“She’s not welcome here. I don’t know where she got the key. So yeah, she did break in. She doesn’t live here. Shouldn’t I be able to press some charges or something, Noah?”
“You are such a liar.” She points her finger at me. “I see where this is going.” She turns her head back to Noah. “As usual, a crooked cop. You’re the new boyfriend, aren’t ya?” She shakes her head with disgust, and says to me, “Don’t worry, he’s going to walk out of here too. It’s just a matter of time before he wises up and realizes you’re not worth the headache. Remember, Lexi, they always do. Like Drew and Ryan’s father, and yours and Axel’s, my repeat mistakes.”
For a second I’m tempted to ask which ones? The men who she laid down with or having us? Doesn’t even matter. I’m sure she would say both were mistakes if for once she was honest.
“I’m going to have to ask you to leave, ma’am. If you refuse I’ll gladly escort you into the back of my squad car.” He puts his hand on his handcuffs so she can see.
“I’ll be back,” she says to me. “This house will be mine soon enough. When it is, you’ll be the one out on your ass. Maybe if you’re nicer to me next time I might let you visit once In a while.”
“Until that time I’ll be around here a lot. If I see you I’ll consider you a trespasser, you understand me?”
“Save your threats for someone else. You’ll be gone soon enough,” she snarls at him, leaves the porch, gets into the car, and slams the door.
She’s after something and it’s not a relationship with any of us. Whatever it is, I’m going to make sure she doesn’t get it. I watch as whoever she came with pulls out of the driveway and speeds down the street, the dumb ass.
“Thanks for showing up when you did,” I mumble, head down, embarrassed he had to witness that whole scene. “Sorry you had to deal with the undesirable that gave birth to us.”
“It’s part of my job to escort the unwanted and undesirables away. Much more civilized than my last run-in with her.” He smiles.
“I bet.”
“A paint job and a few new wood planks and I’ve made it to boyfriend already, huh, that was easier than I thought.”
My head snaps up. “Sorry about that, I wanted her to leave, and letting her think that will possibly keep her away long enough.”
“I don’t mind at all. Being called your boyfriend would be an honor, foranyone.”
“Right.” I bite the corner of my lip trying to keep the smile off my face. “So…what are you doing here in your squad car?” I thought he’d change and come over with his truck like usual.
“Don’t freak out, it’s nothing serious.”
“From my experience nothing good follows those words.”
He holds up his hand, indicating for me to wait and don’t say anything. He jogs to the car and opens the back door. Not shocking, but still surprising, my brother steps out onto the sidewalk. Just great. Drew stands up, shoulders down, not looking at Noah as he says something to him. Noah’s seeing firsthand how this family works. It’s not a good look. This is what any man willing to be called my boyfriend is in for.
I open the door before he gets close to me for us to go inside so the neighbors don’t hear what I’m sure will be loud. He walks in with Noah close behind him. I stand in front of him and put a hand on his shoulder, more concerned now that I see him close up. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” he mumbles, looking away from me.
“What happened?” I ask, my eyes shifting between them for an answer.
“I was getting ready to drive back to the station when I saw him with a group of guys in front of that new building they’re building on Elm and—”
“I didn’t do anything,” Drew interrupts with a scowl. “I was just hanging out with my friends when he rolled up.”
“Like I was saying.” Noah stares at him, his chest rising, hands on his hips. “They were smoking weed and had a plastic bag of spray paint cans. I’m not a detective but I can put one and one together and get two.”
“Drew.” I sigh. “You can’t do stuff like this. Putting all of us at risk, tagging buildings.”
“What, so I’m guilty of just hanging out with my friends now? You just going to believe his word over mine?”
“He’s a cop and a friend.”
“Key word, Lexi, he’s a cop. You remember what they’re like, don’t you? Or all of that is forgotten because you’ve had his tongue down your throat.”
“Hey, don’t talk to your sister like that,” Noah says to him.
