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I narrowed my eyes at him, and he clenched his mouth shut tightly.
“Don’t,” I heard Boseman murmuring. “Not her.”
Nobody said a word until we were at a park thirty minutes later where my mom was setting up the last of the cones for the obstacle course that the PD owned.
“Mamasauce,” I called out to my mom.
She winked at me. “How are you, baby?”
“Not good,” I admitted. “Saw Shayne.”
“And let me guess, she didn’t let you get a word in?” She raised her brow.
“Nope,” I grumbled.
“You deserve it, honey,” she replied.
I hated that she was right.
I’d been paying for my young, dumb, stupid mistake for fuckin’ years now. Would she ever forgive me?
But still, this was my mom. She was supposed to choose me.
I groaned. “Are you sure you’re my mom? Maybe I’m adopted. That has to be why you’re so mean to me.”
My mom gave me a raised brow before totally destroying me in front of my team. “Don’t be stupid. Why would we choose you?”
Assman choked.
Boseman laughed.
Ameer made a weird choking sound.
The rest of the crew wisely stayed quiet.
“Thanks, Mom,” I drawled, causing her to wink at me.
That was the thing with our family.
If you were a sensitive little bitch, you wouldn’t make it. It was the survival of the fittest in the Carter household.
Even worse, if you showed any kind of weakness, they’d jump on it like a bunch of starving dogs that were desperate for their next meal.
“What’s y’all’s plan for today?” she questioned. “Are you having fun, or are you competing?”
I looked at my motley crew, then laughed. “That’s hilarious that you think we’d do anything but compete.”
I mean, my team wasn’t SWAT, but we were just as dedicated. Just as in shape. Just as on call.
Hell, we might as well be the gang division SWAT team.
My mom shook her head, more than used to dealing with all this testosterone, and said, “Isn’t that your brother?”
I looked over my shoulder to see Gable walking toward a group of people standing near the flagpole about half a football field away from us.
For the last year, he’d been undercover. We got to see him, sure, but not in the way that we’d like.
For him to be here, unannounced, meant very bad things.
