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“Fucking Kristoff,” Saylor bit out.
I snorted and turned to her, my mouth only inches from her face. “You’re a lively one.”
She touched my nose with her tongue.
“I…”
There was a loud bang, and all of us were on our feet and heading to the front door.
“Well, fuck,” Dad said after opening the door. “Fucking motherfucker.”
I made it outside just as my dad stepped over Mocha, who still hadn’t moved from her spot.
“That’s not good,” I muttered darkly.
“No,” Dad agreed. “It sure the fuck isn’t. Gonna have to call this in.”
We all stared at his cruiser that had a shotgun blast to the front windshield.
“Not good at all,” Saylor murmured.
“At least you didn’t arrive on your motorcycle,” Ares said. “Then we would’ve had two vandalized police-issued vehicles.”
Ares words were surprisingly valid.
“Yeah,” he agreed. “Really good thing.”
Later that night, as I crawled into bed beside Saylor, she turned to me and blinked open her sleepy eyes.
I reached for the light above the bed and flipped it off with a flick of my fingers and stared into Saylor’s concerned face once my eyes adjusted to the darkness.
“What?” I asked.
She bit her lip. “Is this what I’m going to have to look forward to since I’m dating a cop? I’m not used to this. My dad was always loved and cared for. Firefighters are the coolest people ever.”
I hauled her in close and dropped a punishing kiss onto her mouth. “Take that back. Firefighters aren’t the coolest. Police officers are.”
She grinned against my lips. “Okay. But don’t tell my daddy.”
I laughed against her mouth, dropped one more kiss to her kissable lips, then allowed her to go back to her side of the bed.
“To answer your question,” I said. “I don’t know. Stuff like what happened today at my dad’s place has never happened before. I don’t know what to expect. The world also isn’t what it used to be. I think that, in time, it might get better. But that time is definitely not now.”
My words rang with the harsh truth of reality.
Sadly, cops weren’t looked upon the same as they once were.
She reached across the small distance that separated us and placed her hand into mine.
I squeezed it.
“I’m scared for you,” she said. “But I’m also going to tell you the truth. I’m scared shitless.”
I squeezed her hand, bringing the soft skin up to my lips before pressing a single kiss on it.
“Love can get you through it?” I teased.
She scoffed. “Who said anything about love?”
