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badge number?” Lilith tried to think of all pertinent information she’d need for the future.
“410543.” Declan never wavered from her eyes.
“Supervisor?” Lilith asked bluntly.
“Chief Franklin Durden.”
Lilith wrote the following information down on the card. She kept his pen and stuck the card in her bra. He sat there observing her, complying with everything she asked. She wiped her face down with the wet wipes and guzzled the bottle water. Afterwards she put the wet wipe in the bottle, closed the bottle and held it in her hand.
“Thank you Declan. As you can imagine anything I put my fingerprints on is coming with me. Just in case. But I think you know I had nothing to do with this. If you need me for further questioning, please contact me. I don’t need my lawyer but if you pull this shit on me again, I’ll not only bring my high powered attorney, but the district attorney is a very, very good friend of mine. This will get nastier than you need it to be. When you confiscated my purse, I’m sure you searched it. I would gather you searched it personally.
“What would make you say that?” Declan asked.
“The way you’ve been staring at me. Like you have questions you want to ask me but not about this drug bust, instead about who I am. But you know you can’t because this is your job and I’m a suspect.” Lilith paused for a rebuttal but received none from Declan. He merely crossed his arms.
“Right. Well, when you searched my purse I’m sure you saw my business card holder. I’m sure you kept a card. So when I go home and count my cards. I’ll count one less than what should have been there. Feel free to call. I’ll comply with anything you need. I’ve had a bad history of picking bad men but this...”
Lilith shrugged and crossed her arms. It set in that she’d been betrayed and put in the way of danger yet again. Her dominant demeanor felt as though it was disappearing.
Declan saw a short pause in her educated aggressive approach. In that pause the hurt of a woman who was lied to was all that he could see. He’d seen many women pretend that they didn’t know, many other women defend their men while their men turned on them, but rarely a woman who didn’t know what was going on. She’d be cleared of the investigation soon but he already knew she was innocent.
“Can I take you home?” he asked softly. There was no use in refuting anything she said. Clearly educated not only in book sense but common sense he found himself entertained by her intellect.
“Where’s my car?” Lilith asked. She wanted to take herself home and take a hot shower to wash every groping cop hand off of her. Looking down at her white body suit only made her cringe. She’d just bought it and now it looked like she’d run through a building on fire catching every bit of dirt, grime, and smoke stain there was.
“Towed. I can have it at your home tomorrow morning.” Declan saw Duke out of his peripheral and noticed him staring intently at either him or Lilith. He couldn’t make it out.
“Call me a taxi. I don’t want to see another cop. Not any time soon.” Lilith exited the interrogation room. As she walked through the station all eyes were on her. Comfortably numb from the ordeal she sat on a wooden bench and waited in the hallway by the elevators.
***
Lilith woke up on the couch with cotton mouth and no water in sight. Her head was pounding and her body suit stuck to her with sweat seemingly drenching her body. She looked around and saw she was home but she must have been so tired from the ordeal that she crashed on her couch. Wobbling from the couch with matted hair Lilith made her way to her shower.
The instant the water hit her face she felt the night wash
“410543.” Declan never wavered from her eyes.
“Supervisor?” Lilith asked bluntly.
“Chief Franklin Durden.”
Lilith wrote the following information down on the card. She kept his pen and stuck the card in her bra. He sat there observing her, complying with everything she asked. She wiped her face down with the wet wipes and guzzled the bottle water. Afterwards she put the wet wipe in the bottle, closed the bottle and held it in her hand.
“Thank you Declan. As you can imagine anything I put my fingerprints on is coming with me. Just in case. But I think you know I had nothing to do with this. If you need me for further questioning, please contact me. I don’t need my lawyer but if you pull this shit on me again, I’ll not only bring my high powered attorney, but the district attorney is a very, very good friend of mine. This will get nastier than you need it to be. When you confiscated my purse, I’m sure you searched it. I would gather you searched it personally.
“What would make you say that?” Declan asked.
“The way you’ve been staring at me. Like you have questions you want to ask me but not about this drug bust, instead about who I am. But you know you can’t because this is your job and I’m a suspect.” Lilith paused for a rebuttal but received none from Declan. He merely crossed his arms.
“Right. Well, when you searched my purse I’m sure you saw my business card holder. I’m sure you kept a card. So when I go home and count my cards. I’ll count one less than what should have been there. Feel free to call. I’ll comply with anything you need. I’ve had a bad history of picking bad men but this...”
Lilith shrugged and crossed her arms. It set in that she’d been betrayed and put in the way of danger yet again. Her dominant demeanor felt as though it was disappearing.
Declan saw a short pause in her educated aggressive approach. In that pause the hurt of a woman who was lied to was all that he could see. He’d seen many women pretend that they didn’t know, many other women defend their men while their men turned on them, but rarely a woman who didn’t know what was going on. She’d be cleared of the investigation soon but he already knew she was innocent.
“Can I take you home?” he asked softly. There was no use in refuting anything she said. Clearly educated not only in book sense but common sense he found himself entertained by her intellect.
“Where’s my car?” Lilith asked. She wanted to take herself home and take a hot shower to wash every groping cop hand off of her. Looking down at her white body suit only made her cringe. She’d just bought it and now it looked like she’d run through a building on fire catching every bit of dirt, grime, and smoke stain there was.
“Towed. I can have it at your home tomorrow morning.” Declan saw Duke out of his peripheral and noticed him staring intently at either him or Lilith. He couldn’t make it out.
“Call me a taxi. I don’t want to see another cop. Not any time soon.” Lilith exited the interrogation room. As she walked through the station all eyes were on her. Comfortably numb from the ordeal she sat on a wooden bench and waited in the hallway by the elevators.
***
Lilith woke up on the couch with cotton mouth and no water in sight. Her head was pounding and her body suit stuck to her with sweat seemingly drenching her body. She looked around and saw she was home but she must have been so tired from the ordeal that she crashed on her couch. Wobbling from the couch with matted hair Lilith made her way to her shower.
The instant the water hit her face she felt the night wash
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