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this mad.
Her brother walked over to her and hugged her. He stood beside her, and Paine stood to his left as they faced Officer McCord.
“Do you have any idea who would do this?” Officer McCord peered at the slurs written on her house.
“No, I don’t know of anyone or any reason someone would do this.” She glanced back at her house. Frustration and anger grew, tightening her muscles and making her restless to look for whoever would do this.
“Anything new in your life? Maybe you fired someone? Did you recently break up with someone?” Officer McCord’s head cocked to the side, and he watched her.
“I haven’t fired anyone. I didn’t recently break up with someone. I haven’t had serious dates in a while. The last serious relationship I had ended the other way around. They broke up with me. The only thing new in my life is that I went on a first date with someone last night.” She shrugged. In spite of the way she’d left Kassius’s house the night before, Kassius, Teague, and Berenger wouldn’t have done this in retaliation. It wasn’t their style.
“Did the date end with a kiss or an ‘I don’t want to see you again’?” Officer McCord raised a brow.
She blushed. There was so much more than a kiss. “It ended with kisses.”
“Would anyone think they had a claim on you or maybe your date?” Officer McCord keyed the information into the pad he held.
“It was actually dates, plural, but no. I haven’t dated anyone seriously in a few months. The men I’ve dated in the past month have known my interest wasn’t serious. And my dates from last night, I don’t think so. I only know they weren’t dating anyone recently. We started dating last night, and there hasn’t been a public buildup to it. I don’t know how anyone would know about it.” She bit her lip.
“You’d be surprised what some people can know about another without their knowledge.” Officer McCord gave a small smile. A big cargo skimmer pulled to a halt in front of her house. “As for the breakup, I’ll want their names. Was it a rough breakup? Do you think they’d do it?”
She gave him the full names of the last ménage group she dated. “They wouldn’t do this. They’re married now and not even in the city, although I don’t know where they are. I do know one of them is in the PD and probably isn’t on the planet. My brother said the request for transfer was rushed, and that usually ends with the guard being put into the first available open slot, which is most often on the space-bound rotation.”
“I’ll check their location.” Officer McCord nodded.
He went over and met the person who climbed out of the skimmer. He talked with the young man while the investigator opened the back hatch. The officer pulled out a big black-handled box. Images were taken of the words scrawled across her home and walkway. He did a thorough job. He took scrapings of the paint off the walkway and off her house. He removed multiple samples of each pigment decorating the paving and siding. That were a lot of samples, because whoever had done this appeared to have brought every color they could find.
She watched him but had to look away when the damage began to make her so angry she couldn’t stand still. She focused on the trees and bushes that blocked her sight of the neighbor’s yard. The sound of another skimmer descending and landing beyond the officer’s dark gray vehicle drew her attention to the landing lot.
She glanced at the skimmer to see who it was. She’d supposed another officer had arrived to help, but recognized the sleekly built, dark green Duce immediately. Kassius. Was it only him, or were Berenger and Teague with him? She didn’t have to wait long to discover the answer.
The hatch popped up, and Berenger climbed out of the side closest to her. She saw movement on the other side. At least one of the other men had come as well. What she didn’t understand was why they were there.
Yes, she’d expected
Her brother walked over to her and hugged her. He stood beside her, and Paine stood to his left as they faced Officer McCord.
“Do you have any idea who would do this?” Officer McCord peered at the slurs written on her house.
“No, I don’t know of anyone or any reason someone would do this.” She glanced back at her house. Frustration and anger grew, tightening her muscles and making her restless to look for whoever would do this.
“Anything new in your life? Maybe you fired someone? Did you recently break up with someone?” Officer McCord’s head cocked to the side, and he watched her.
“I haven’t fired anyone. I didn’t recently break up with someone. I haven’t had serious dates in a while. The last serious relationship I had ended the other way around. They broke up with me. The only thing new in my life is that I went on a first date with someone last night.” She shrugged. In spite of the way she’d left Kassius’s house the night before, Kassius, Teague, and Berenger wouldn’t have done this in retaliation. It wasn’t their style.
“Did the date end with a kiss or an ‘I don’t want to see you again’?” Officer McCord raised a brow.
She blushed. There was so much more than a kiss. “It ended with kisses.”
“Would anyone think they had a claim on you or maybe your date?” Officer McCord keyed the information into the pad he held.
“It was actually dates, plural, but no. I haven’t dated anyone seriously in a few months. The men I’ve dated in the past month have known my interest wasn’t serious. And my dates from last night, I don’t think so. I only know they weren’t dating anyone recently. We started dating last night, and there hasn’t been a public buildup to it. I don’t know how anyone would know about it.” She bit her lip.
“You’d be surprised what some people can know about another without their knowledge.” Officer McCord gave a small smile. A big cargo skimmer pulled to a halt in front of her house. “As for the breakup, I’ll want their names. Was it a rough breakup? Do you think they’d do it?”
She gave him the full names of the last ménage group she dated. “They wouldn’t do this. They’re married now and not even in the city, although I don’t know where they are. I do know one of them is in the PD and probably isn’t on the planet. My brother said the request for transfer was rushed, and that usually ends with the guard being put into the first available open slot, which is most often on the space-bound rotation.”
“I’ll check their location.” Officer McCord nodded.
He went over and met the person who climbed out of the skimmer. He talked with the young man while the investigator opened the back hatch. The officer pulled out a big black-handled box. Images were taken of the words scrawled across her home and walkway. He did a thorough job. He took scrapings of the paint off the walkway and off her house. He removed multiple samples of each pigment decorating the paving and siding. That were a lot of samples, because whoever had done this appeared to have brought every color they could find.
She watched him but had to look away when the damage began to make her so angry she couldn’t stand still. She focused on the trees and bushes that blocked her sight of the neighbor’s yard. The sound of another skimmer descending and landing beyond the officer’s dark gray vehicle drew her attention to the landing lot.
She glanced at the skimmer to see who it was. She’d supposed another officer had arrived to help, but recognized the sleekly built, dark green Duce immediately. Kassius. Was it only him, or were Berenger and Teague with him? She didn’t have to wait long to discover the answer.
The hatch popped up, and Berenger climbed out of the side closest to her. She saw movement on the other side. At least one of the other men had come as well. What she didn’t understand was why they were there.
Yes, she’d expected
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