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reply. “Football?”
“Let’s talk about the hot bartender with the big boobs,” Barnes nodded his head in that direction. “I bet she’s a good lay.”
Nate groaned. “Football it is.”
“Whatsamatter, Tucker? Did I offend you?” Barnes smirked and downed his drink. “I haven’t even started talking about your girlfriend yet.”
“Whoa.” Vince’s eyes darted between them.
“Don’t go there,” Nate threatened.
Barnes stared back at Nate. “Where is she tonight? Probably off letting another man screw her brains out.”
“Shut up, Barnes.” Nate sucked in a breath, willing himself not to lose his cool.
“She was looking really hot yesterday, Tucker. It’s no wonder that pervert stripped her down and tied her up.” If he had just stopped there, Nate might have been able to walk away. But Barnes kept talking. “I wouldn’t mind tying her up and making her scream.”
Nate didn’t even know what he was doing until he was staring down at Barnes’ prone form. His hand throbbed and Barnes had a bloody nose and was swearing at him.
“You will pay for this, Tucker!” Barnes spit a mouthful of blood onto the floor.
Vince threw money on the table and shoved Nate toward the door. “We gotta go. If we get caught fighting in a bar, we’ll get suspended.”
Nate knew he was right. He also knew that he should have just walked away the minute Barnes started running his mouth. He couldn’t believe that he had let Barnes get to him and all he wanted to do was go home and sleep it off. He never expected the incident to come up ever again. But he was wrong.
He woke the next morning to a pounding head and a call from Sergeant Russo letting him know that he had been suspended for one week. Nate was too hungover and too pissed to formulate an argument. He hung up the phone, popped two aspirin, and stepped into a cold shower. After a big cup of coffee, his head started to clear and the throbbing was almost gone.
With a clear head, he knew exactly what he needed to do.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Olivia had just gotten home from her boxing class when she got Brian’s call. She knew right away that it wouldn’t be good news. Her brother never called on a random Tuesday. When she heard that her father was in the hospital, it was like all of the air had been sucked from her lungs.
Talking to Nate had just made it worse. All she wanted was to see him, to have his arms around her, but she knew she couldn’t be that selfish. He had to stay in Chicago and work on finding the killer. It was more important than her need to be comforted.
Ed came out of the surgery okay. He wasn’t doing great, but his heart was still beating. It was all that Olivia could hope for at that point. She stayed in the hospital, sitting next to Ed’s bed all throughout the night while Brian went home to check on his family. So many times she reached for her phone to call Nate, but then just as quickly she stopped herself. It wasn’t fair to call him in the middle of the night just because she wanted to hear his voice
Brian relieved her after the sun came up and she went to her dad’s place to take a shower. Afterward, she allowed herself a quick nap and then headed back to the hospital.
“How’s he doing?” she asked Brian.
Their father was in cardiac intensive care, which meant visitation time was limited to whenever the doctors and nurses weren’t busy working on the patients. Right now, they were busy with Ed. Brian and Olivia were passing the time in the waiting room.
“He’s doing the same as he was before you left.” Brian was six years younger than Olivia, but he appeared to have aged a decade within the last day. Olivia noted that he was starting to look a lot like their father.
“How are the kids?” Olivia wasn’t sure if Brian had told them anything. Teddy was only 5 and his sister, Emma, was a year younger.
“Crazy.” Brian laughed. “They were up before I was this
“Let’s talk about the hot bartender with the big boobs,” Barnes nodded his head in that direction. “I bet she’s a good lay.”
Nate groaned. “Football it is.”
“Whatsamatter, Tucker? Did I offend you?” Barnes smirked and downed his drink. “I haven’t even started talking about your girlfriend yet.”
“Whoa.” Vince’s eyes darted between them.
“Don’t go there,” Nate threatened.
Barnes stared back at Nate. “Where is she tonight? Probably off letting another man screw her brains out.”
“Shut up, Barnes.” Nate sucked in a breath, willing himself not to lose his cool.
“She was looking really hot yesterday, Tucker. It’s no wonder that pervert stripped her down and tied her up.” If he had just stopped there, Nate might have been able to walk away. But Barnes kept talking. “I wouldn’t mind tying her up and making her scream.”
Nate didn’t even know what he was doing until he was staring down at Barnes’ prone form. His hand throbbed and Barnes had a bloody nose and was swearing at him.
“You will pay for this, Tucker!” Barnes spit a mouthful of blood onto the floor.
Vince threw money on the table and shoved Nate toward the door. “We gotta go. If we get caught fighting in a bar, we’ll get suspended.”
Nate knew he was right. He also knew that he should have just walked away the minute Barnes started running his mouth. He couldn’t believe that he had let Barnes get to him and all he wanted to do was go home and sleep it off. He never expected the incident to come up ever again. But he was wrong.
He woke the next morning to a pounding head and a call from Sergeant Russo letting him know that he had been suspended for one week. Nate was too hungover and too pissed to formulate an argument. He hung up the phone, popped two aspirin, and stepped into a cold shower. After a big cup of coffee, his head started to clear and the throbbing was almost gone.
With a clear head, he knew exactly what he needed to do.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Olivia had just gotten home from her boxing class when she got Brian’s call. She knew right away that it wouldn’t be good news. Her brother never called on a random Tuesday. When she heard that her father was in the hospital, it was like all of the air had been sucked from her lungs.
Talking to Nate had just made it worse. All she wanted was to see him, to have his arms around her, but she knew she couldn’t be that selfish. He had to stay in Chicago and work on finding the killer. It was more important than her need to be comforted.
Ed came out of the surgery okay. He wasn’t doing great, but his heart was still beating. It was all that Olivia could hope for at that point. She stayed in the hospital, sitting next to Ed’s bed all throughout the night while Brian went home to check on his family. So many times she reached for her phone to call Nate, but then just as quickly she stopped herself. It wasn’t fair to call him in the middle of the night just because she wanted to hear his voice
Brian relieved her after the sun came up and she went to her dad’s place to take a shower. Afterward, she allowed herself a quick nap and then headed back to the hospital.
“How’s he doing?” she asked Brian.
Their father was in cardiac intensive care, which meant visitation time was limited to whenever the doctors and nurses weren’t busy working on the patients. Right now, they were busy with Ed. Brian and Olivia were passing the time in the waiting room.
“He’s doing the same as he was before you left.” Brian was six years younger than Olivia, but he appeared to have aged a decade within the last day. Olivia noted that he was starting to look a lot like their father.
“How are the kids?” Olivia wasn’t sure if Brian had told them anything. Teddy was only 5 and his sister, Emma, was a year younger.
“Crazy.” Brian laughed. “They were up before I was this
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