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She bit back a snort. Of course he wouldn’t care if she moved in completely with him. She would bring it up tonight when she got off work. Her skin on her arms prickled. She glanced up and found Zain, Myles, and Ash all staring at her.
“What?” She sniffed. She set her phone down.
“Nothing. Who you texting?” Zain asked.
“None of your business.” She rolled her eyes. They were all like hound dogs when it came to her personal business. Just because they were boo’d up now, they were suddenly interested in her love life.
“It’s whoever she been sneaking around with,” Iker drawled out.
She stuck her tongue out at him and leaned back. Mac and Declan strolled in, saving her from their teasing. She never understood how they could be so nosy. They were almost worse than the women she used to work with.
And they say women gossiped.
Nope, men were way worse. They just did it in a different way, but it was all the same.
“Afternoon,” Mac said. He stalked over to the podium while Declan shut the door.
The other sergeant moved over to his chair he usually sat in at the front. The conversations ceased as the focus fell on Mac. What would he have to discuss with them today? Jordan secretly hoped this meeting would be short and to the point. She’d worked the day shift today and would love to be able to go home early.
“I’m sure everyone has heard from the captain that we are going to be required to help fill in open shifts until they can recruit more cops,” Mac began.
Collective groans went around. Jordan blew out a deep breath. They had been handing out mandatory overtime to everyone, and today she was one of the lucky ones to escape. Everyone was expected to pull their weight. Crime wasn’t slowing down, and neither could they.
“How much more can we work? We are already doing at least eight to twelve hours each and we get called out for our own shit,” Myles grumbled.
Jordan nodded in agreement. Who was going to cover their shifts if they got hurt or sick or something? It was only a matter of time before all of this mandatory overtime caught up to people. They seriously couldn’t expect cops to work around the clock. That’s when mistakes were made.
“The captain states they have a plan in place. We have just done a massive hiring of officers straight out of the academy,” Mac replied.
Jordan rolled her eyes again at that announcement. Not that she hated new recruits. She was once in their shoes, it was just the fact that they had to be trained on everything, and some of them tended to think they knew everything being straight outof the academy. Little did they know, a lot of the training was hands-on.
“Don’t tell me they are going to be assigning us with the rookies.” Ash leaned back and folded his arms.
Ugh, she hoped she didn’t get assigned a new cop to mentor. She had done it a few times in Atlanta, and it had been frustrating. The last new cop she’d partnered wanted to do everything by the book because that’s how they were trained. She didn’t think they had updated any of the police procedures in the academy. It had been a hassle to coach him. Jordan shook her head at the memories that surfaced.
“He hasn’t said yet that any of us will be teaching since we have to answer to SWAT calls during our shifts. They won’t be SWAT trained and won’t be following us in that capacity. You may be asked to ride around with some here and there until they have been assigned an appropriate preceptor.” Mac shuffled through a few of the papers he had placed on the podium.
“Can I volunteer to not have anyone ride with me? I’m better off by myself,” Jordan said.
Chuckles went around. Declan turned around and smirked.
“Didn’t you know we volunteered you first?” he said with a straight face.
“Are you shitting me?” Jordan said. She sat up straighter and eyed him. He had to be joking. They wouldn’t do something like that to her.
Or would they?
“Calm your horses, Knight. No one has been submitted for anything,” Mac said. The corners of his lips curled up slightly.
Jordan relaxed back. She blew out a deep breath of relief. She was just not up for hand-holding anyone.
“If they did assign someone to her, I’m sure they’d quit after Jordan was done with them,” Zain said.
Chuckles and laughs went around at his statement. Of course they had to tease her.
Jordan burst out laughing and flipped him the bird. They could bust her balls all they wanted. She could take it.
“Well, I guess you have a point. I do have a way of weeding people out,” she murmured. After dealing with Bravon, she had learned to listen to her gut when it came to dealing with people. It had never led her wrong since.
