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If he thought I was here to discuss my relationship with his sister, he was mistaken.
“I was hoping you could explain something to me,” I said.
He tilted his head, anger simmering behind his eyes.
I looked him in the eye with my back military straight. “I want to know why five different police chiefs have denied my requests—and only my requests.”
His eyes narrowed. “You know why.”
“I don’t.”
“Get out of my office,” he shouted and pointed to the door.
“Not until you tell me why.”
He shook his head. “Are you serious right now, Devereux?”
“As a heart attack.”
“You think you can dump my sister, leave her in shambles, and I would be happy about that? She was a wreck for months.”
He just confirmed it. Janine had never told him the reason we broke up. I’d come home early from a tour to surprise her. Unfortunately, she had a surprise waiting for me, too, when I found her in our bed with my best friend.
“I don’t know what she told you, but Janine stepped out on me. I only picked myself up and walked away. I’m sorry Janine was a wreck afterward, but we both had a hard time.”
“What’d you do to make her leave you?”
My jaw ticked. I had asked myself that question so many times.
He scoffed. “Don’t have an answer, huh? Well, she’s gone and shacked up with some loser and now refuses to speak to me. And it’s all your fault, Devereux, so get the hell out of my office.”
He stood this time, and his face reddened. His eyes burned with hatred I felt ten feet away.
I licked my lips, trying to choose my words carefully. “I need those requests, sir. I need them to do my job.”
“And what job is that?”
“I’m a bodyguard.”
He snickered without humor. “No, you’re not. Not in my city. Not as long as I’m commissioner here.”
My hand fisted inside my coat pocket. “You can’t do this.”
“I can, and I will. You will never work in my city. Now, for the last time, get the hell out of my office.”
3
Jake
The next morning, Will’s jacket was crumpled and his shirt had a coffee stain just below the collar. It was the same suit he wore last night. He sipped coffee, leaning back in his chair while I paced. “So, I take it the meeting with Rodriguez didn’t go well?”
I scoffed. “He said I will never work in this city, not as long as he’s commissioner.”
“Are you sure that’s what he said?” He set his coffee cup next to his keyboard.
I sighed. “Yes, Will. That’s exactly what he said. Word for word.”
“Well, that sucks.”
