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Chapter 245Devante"I think I got it up high enough." Mason comes down off the ladder, placing his hands on his hips. We're putting up security cameras at the coffee shop, all of us working our own corner of the place. When I got the phone call yesterday about what happened to the shop, I immediately sent out a group text, and that's why we're all here today. Why Mason is shouting orders at his son. "Caleb, go in the back and check the monitors.""I guess no matter how old you are, you still have to pay attention to your parents," he mumbles under his breath, exasperation forcing him to rock back on his heels.A scoff works its way past my lips. There's so many things I want to say to Caleb. How lucky he is to live in this town where everyone knows everyone, and to have a relationship with his birth father. My relationship with my step-dad is good, but there's always going to be a missing piece of my life. I'm still grateful that the man who married my mom, married me too.Use
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Chapter 246Eden"They sent an adjuster out last week, and he cut me a check today," I'm telling Kelsea as she and I eat lunch in The Café. "Surprised the hell out of me. I figured it'd be a fight, but I should be back open tomorrow. We're only going to do to-go orders until I can get everything fixed, but at least we'll be bringing in income. Most of the damage was to the tables and dining area, not the equipment. I have workers coming in overnight the next few nights to fix everything. It's going to be a hectic few days, but at least I'll be back open, and that's what I wanted more than anything.""Oh, Eden, I'm so excited for you! See, things are looking up," she smirks, a sly smile lighting up her face. "So how are things going with Devante?"Even in Chicago I didn't have girlfriends, so the relationships I've managed to start here are still surprising. "They're good." I smile. "I've been staying with him more than I've been staying at my apartment. At first I wanted to give h
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Chapter 247Devante"Where the fuck am I going?" Running an errand for Mason hadn't been on my agenda for the day, but I'd been the one to open my mouth at dinner the other night. Offering to do anything he needed because he'd helped my girlfriend.I grin. The term girlfriend is new. One I'm still getting used to. If anyone had told me when I moved this would be my life, I would've laughed in their faces. But lately, I'm discovering a lot of reasons to be grateful for being here.Looking down at my phone, I see that I'm supposed to go two more streets up. At the stop sign, I come to a complete stop and then proceed when I check to make sure no one's coming.As I cross the road, blue and white lights reflect behind me. "Son of a bitch." I'm in Calvert County, I know none of these officers. Quickly I reach into my glove compartment, get out my registration, grab my license from where I keep it over the visor, and place my hands directly on the steering wheel.Always where they c
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Chapter 248Eden"What do you mean you were pulled over?" I question Devante the next day. We're sitting in the shop, sharing our coffee before opening. It's something we used to do all the time, but haven't much since the shop got broken into. Last night, they finished the last of the work on it, and now we can do this again. This is normally my favorite time to spend with him. But this morning? He's pissed, more pissed than I've ever seen him. "For what?""For driving while Black," he spits out, obviously still very upset about what happened."Who did it?" I hope it wasn't a Laurel Springs officer, I desperately don't want it to be one of the people we've come to know as our friends."Some Calvert City asshole. I didn't get his name because he didn't end up giving me a ticket. Ransom showed up and intervened.""I'm so sorry that happened to you." I get up, going over to where he sits, making room for myself in his lap."It's not okay, but I'm used to it. I guess I'd been lull
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Chapter 249EdenThis day has turned fucking shitty. Knowing Devante is upset over what happened last night. That he's retreating into himself, I hate it. I want him to come to me, but maybe that's going to happen later in our relationship. It's the catalyst as to why I'm not paying attention as I lock up the building and turn to head to my car.Normally I'm on high alert, paying attention to my surroundings, but this evening I'm into my feelings. Trying to figure out what the hell happened with Devante and how I can make it better. I don't notice the guy standing beside my car, not until we're almost face-to-face. "Mario," I gasp loudly."Surprised to see me, baby? Told ya you'd never be able to get fully away from me, or don't you remember that conversation."I do remember it. It was the night I left, only he didn't know I was leaving. He'd warned me what happened to people who crossed him. Some of them have never been found."Yeah, slightly," I manage to answer, trying to
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Chapter 250Devante"Do you know where Eden is?" Cutter asks as we drive around Laurel Springs. "Haven't talked to her, after poker night I was fuckin' wiped and so was she. She came to the apartment last night, but was gone before I woke up. I slept like the dead.""Ro said the shop isn't open."As much as I don't want to be worried, I am. No one knows as well as I do how much she needs the shop to succeed. That's the one thing that stands out about everything we've discussed. When we'd both come here and we were talking about life. She'd left everything to make a go of it. For her not to have opened, something must be wrong. "We need to head over there." I hit Cutter on the shoulder. "Something's wrong.""Are you sure? I thought you two were in some sort of epic fight. Maybe she needed to go somewhere to clear her head.""No." I shake my head. "We weren't in an epic fight. I stormed off. Even if she's upset with me leaving, she's going to need to eat. A Whole Latte Love is h
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Chapter 251Devante"If she's not at home, she has to be here." We pull back in front of A Whole Latte Love. "There's just no other place I can think of.""She wouldn't be at your apartment, would she?" Cutter asks, obviously trying to rack his brain."No, I have those security cameras. Nothing's gone off, and she knows the code. It would've alerted me that someone came in with the code. She's not there. Like I said, she left this morning.""But her cars not here, bro. There's no one parked in the back," he argues. "Call Rambo," I fire back at him. "Call Ransom and see if they can come track where her car may be. I'm telling you, she has to be in this vicinity. She has to be here." My voice is pleading this time, hoping God can hear how much I need for this to be true. I just found her, she can't be taken away from me before we even had the chance to figure out how to make this shit work. Cutter's already on his phone, and I'm thinking back to the man I was when I first moved
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Chapter 252Eden"I promise," I tell Devante and Cutter. "I'm fine.""Let us take you to Laurel Springs Med to make sure of that," Cutter interrupts. "There could be injuries that you can't see."Devante refuses to make eye contact with me. I'm unsure of what's happening, but I have learned things about him. Like he doesn't want to ever appear vulnerable. I keep telling myself this is what's happening."You want me to drive?" Cutter whispers."No, I will," he answers back and I feel all the hope I had seep out of my bones. It's like whatever was holding me together is now making me fall apart. Cutter's mouth forms a tight line as he looks at his friend. "Are you sure?""I didn't stutter, did I?"Not wanting to see the two of them argue over me, I lift myself up into the back of the ambulance and try to keep the tears at bay. This has been one of the worst twelve hours of my life and all I wanna do is curl into myself and pretend like it never happened. Cutter joins me, off
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ArcherA Year And A Half LaterNerves make circles in my stomach as I stand outside of Laurel Springs Medical waiting for Alisa to come out. She doesn't know I'm here and, the truth is, I didn't know I was going to be either. I've been carrying this ring around in my pocket for the last year and a half of the two years we've been together. Waiting. For what, I'm not sure. The right time? The perfect moment? We live together. I could've done it a million times, but there's something different about these stars against the inky blackness of the sky. They aren't crazy bright, but they aren't muted either. They're sparkling. The perfect backdrop to the plan I have. Tonight, as I helped a woman leave a dangerous domestic violence situation, I realized I'm wasting precious and valuable time. Even after dealing with Calvert County, it didn't hit me that seconds are to be treated with the same reverence as the big events in life. Lo
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Alisa"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" "Yes." I nod as I sit before the grand jury to give my testimony about what happened with Officer Fugate. "Please tell us when you first met him," the attorney instructs. Archer is sitting in the back row, all hot in his uniform. I don't know how he managed to be here, but he has and it's one of the sweetest things he's done for me. I'm not sure I could be doing this without his dark eyes staring back at me. "I met him when he brought a suspect into the ER. It was obvious that man had been beaten badly and it didn't happen only once. After that day, it happened on a regular basis…"ArcherUshering Lis into the station is like sending a babe into the belly of the beast. She's never been here before, doesn't know how things work, and could honestly be scared, given everything she's dealt with. I'd like to kill Officer Fugate with my own two hands.
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ArcherIt's a gully washer tonight, as my instructor at the Academy always said when it rained hard. Visibility fucking sucks and I've worked more accidents tonight than I have in the previous three months. It's as if when it rains, no one can remember how to drive. It's hard to even see out of my windshield but, as I pass one of the abandoned gas stations on the outskirts of town, I see another cop stopped.They're an eyesore and, at the next city planning meeting, there's going to be a vote on demolishing them. They're a breeding ground for drug use and criminals. We've put up cameras to show what happens at night when there aren't patrols going back and forth. Since it's raining and dark, I figure I'll hit them, just to make sure nothing's going on that shouldn't be.As I round the corner. I'm surprised as fuck to see Alisa's car parked next to a Calvert County patrol SUV. She's kneeling in front of a cop who has a taser pointed at her. My heart gallops in my chest as I wonder
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Archer"Chief Harrison wants to see you," Tank tells me as I make my way into the squad room. I have no idea what I've done and am immediately questioning what the hell is going on. I try to do everything by the book and I can't remember anything I might've done that was untoward. My stomach rolls as I head toward his office. I've never been called before him before and, truth be told, I never wanted to be. When I reach the door, I knock with a double tap. "C'mon in." Opening it enough so that I can sneak my head in, I glance at the Chief. "You wanted to see me, Sir?" "Yeah, come in and have a seat. There's a few things we need to discuss." I don't like the sound of this shit at all. Going in, I have a seat in the chair facing his desk and prepare to get my ass handed to me. "Officer Fugate has made a complaint and I'm bound by state laws to investigate those complaints." "I told you what happened," I defend myself. "He'
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Alisa"Thank you for coming tonight," he says as we enter my apartment. "You don't have to thank me. You've saved me more times than I can count." I grin, taking my jacket off. "Come sit over here on the couch with me. You look a little stressed." "They do that to me." He waves his hand toward the street where his parents have just left. "They always make me feel like I'm not good enough, as if I should've done something different with my life." "I know how that feels." I beckon him over with a crook of my finger. "Let me take care of this tension for you, Archie. Let me show you what the fuck your parents are missing." Something about the way they don't appreciate their son has me wanting to show him just how much I do. How important he is to my life. One of the ways I can think of showing him is with my body. Fuck if that isn't exciting. Reaching for my shirt, I pull it over my head, motioning for him to do the same. In a lazy game o
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ArcherI'm heading into the squad room at the station to pick up some supplies when the phone in my pocket rings loudly. There aren't many people I have set ringtones for, but this one? I hate when it rings. It's my parents. Not wanting to make whichever one this is wait, I hurriedly answer. It's always struck me as odd. They were so quick to get me out of their lives, yet they do everything together, including share a fucking cell phone. That's right, they share this phone, which means I never know who I'm going to talk to when I put it to my ear. Talk about a surprise every time I answer. "Hello?" I wait for the response. It's always delayed as if they're on some far away phone line. "Archer, it's Dad." No fucking shit. "Hey Dad," I answer, wondering if he'll continue on or if I'll have to pull the words from him like teeth. "What's going on?" "Your mom and I will be in Laurel Springs tonight. We'd like to have dinner w
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AlisaHis body over mine is equal parts hot and hard in all the right places. Our naked skin slides together as he leans down to take the tight bud of my nipple in his mouth. "Yes." I tilt my head back against the pillows, allowing him full reign over my body. "Please don't stop," I beg as I rake my hands over his strong back before digging my fingers into the hair on his head. "Never gonna stop," he promises as he sucks at the prominent tip, before letting it go and moving further down. I'm still unsure of how we got our clothes off. All I know is they're in a pile next to the bed. He moves down my body, kissing my stomach before he drops onto his knees and pulls me to the edge. Separating my thighs, he props them up on his shoulders, gazing up at me with those dark eyes before he dips down. His warm mouth covers my pussy, going straight for my clit and lapping against the trembling flesh. "Archer," I moan, lifting my hips to meet his mouth. "It's been so fucki
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Archer "Look guy." I hope me using that term pisses him off. "This isn't even your jurisdiction. What the fuck right did you have to pull her over?" "It's Officer Fugate," he corrects me, before continuing on. "She failed to signal a turn." I'm real annoyed. "You got that on your dash cam?" I point to where his camera is mounted on the dash. "It wasn't on." He shrugs. "How fucking convenient for you." I smirk, shaking my head. "It's something the garage knows about, but the budget is lean over in Calvert County." He eyes me. My gaze is on Alisa who's sitting in her car with her hands locked around her steering wheel. She's white-knuckling as he and I stand out here, yelling at one another. "I'm not allowing you to ticket her without proof. Did you radio it in?" His cheeks go red, which tells me all I need to know. "You son of a bitch. You think you can intimidate her? Officers like you give the rest of us a bad name." Going in
