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“I couldn’t be here because I was fuckin’ working,” Justice countered. “Hey, did you hear that we’re getting a new guy?”
I forked up another bite of food and shook my head. “No. Why?”
Weren’t we full?
“There’s a lot of talk at the PD about him.”
“What talk?” I asked.
I hadn’t heard shit.
“He’s ex-military.” Justice shrugged. “And that he was fucked up and crazy.”
I snorted. “Exactly what we need. A crazy motherfuckin’ cop on a bike with a death wish. We’ll have another goddamn Speed-Trap on our hands if we’re not careful.”
With that, Justice started laughing.
“I didn’t get the chance to meet him before he retired, but I hear he’s a legend.” Justice picked his soon-to-be wife up into his arms and sat before pulling her back down into his lap.
“Count yourself lucky.” I took another bite. “Speed-Trap gave my father a ticket. He gave me a ticket. Actually, I take that back. He gave me three tickets. And my father happened to be working at the time that Speed-Trap gave me those tickets.”
Justice snorted.
Royal, on the other hand, was nodding her head in commiseration.
“No joke,” Royal said. “I don’t think there’s a single person in this town that was exempt from his attentions. Seriously, he was a jerk.” She smiled. “I remember this one time. I was new at driving. Was in the middle lane on the Loop. I was trying to get over to get into the turn lane, but each time that I did, the car beside me would slow down or speed up. Finally, I just got pissed and zoomed around his ass.” She covered her mouth with her hand as she started to laugh. “I remember looking over as I did that to see Speed-Trap staring at me with a look of disbelief on his face.”
“Did you get a ticket?” Justice wondered.
She shook her head. “No. The dumbass that wouldn’t let me over lost control of his vehicle and hit a turning car. Speed-Trap stopped to deal with that. I chose to count my lucky stars and leave before I got my ass handed to me.”
She cut off another piece of cake, this one chocolate, and offered it up to me.
I held out my plate for it and then moaned again when the chocolate flavor hit my tongue.
“Goddamn,” I said. “It’s a damn shame that she’s leaving.”
“Will she be able to make the cake?” Justice wondered. “If she’s leaving?”
Royal nodded. “Yes, but she’s going to come over and make it at our house. I invited her to do that.”
“Umm,” Justice said. “Not that I mind her using the kitchen, but we have a postage-stamp-sized kitchen. How the hell is she going to accomplish baking a cake that’ll feed seventy-five people, and a groomsman cake as well, in our tiny house?”
Man had a point.
“She can use my kitchen,” I offered. “It’s big. The only thing in the house that’s redone, too. She’ll have plenty of room.”
Royal’s eyes locked on mine and she smiled. “Would you really be okay with that?”
I shrugged. “As long as she cleans up after herself, I’m down for whatever. If I’m working, then one of you can let her in.”
Royal clapped. “Thank you so much. This really means a lot to me. I was worried about the space issue, but she assured me she would be fine.”
I took another bite of the cake.
“Just make sure that she makes me a small one all for myself.” I paused. “One with chocolate icing and vanilla cake.”
Justice snorted. “If I have to pay five hundred bucks for my cake, you’re not getting one for free. Trust me on that.”
