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then, I have my cop face on. Right now, I had my me face on, and I couldn’t handle it.
    “It’s okay. I’m okay. I just ate something bad,” she lied.
    Badly.
    Leaning up, she pressed her weight into me, and I wrapped my hands around her waist.
    My hands sprawled against her abdomen, and curled around until my fingers went around her back.
    “Sure you did. Can you stand?” I asked, as I buried my head into her hair.
    She nodded, but neither one of us moved.
    “I’ve been getting death threats,” I said into her hair.
    I left out the getting the shit beat out of me part. She didn’t need to know that much detail.
    Her body froze, and she stood fast.
    My hands missed the reassuring weight of her body immediately, and I stood, too.
    She was staring at me wide-eyed. “Really?” She gasped.
    Then she was in my arms, and I held her while she cried all the harder.
    She’d put on weight over the past few months. In fact, so much so that her breasts were a lot more cushy, but I’d never, for the life of me, tell her that.
    We stayed that way until there was a knock on the bathroom door, and an annoyed woman on the other end. “You need to open this door. There’s a line of women out here waiting to get in.”
    Letting her go reluctantly, I walked out of the stall and opened the door to find a line of glaring women standing with their arms crossed. “Sorry we had a breakdown.”
    Their annoyed faces immediately changed to understanding when they saw the woman still crying behind me.
    The toilet flushed, and the sink turned on as she washed her hands as I held the door open for the ladies who were most assuredly not pleased to find a man in the women’s bathroom, but still understanding.
    When I felt Channing at my back, I grabbed her hand and led her out of the bathroom.
    When we reached the end of the hallway, I stopped and pushed her against the wall. “Stay and listen to what Dortea has to say. She’s the DA. Eat your dinner, and wait up for me tonight. I’ll be over when you get off work, okay?”
    At her affirming nod, I let my hands slip from her face, and gave her a soft kiss on the lips before leaving her standing against the wall.
    I didn’t look back.
    I knew she’d follow.
    Now I only hoped she’d listen.
     

Chapter 7
    I’m not weird. I’m a limited edition.
    -T-shirt
    Channing
    I walked into my house completely numb.
    Would he be there? Or would he not show.
    Forgoing the lights, I tossed my bag onto the couch and kicked off my shoes at the corner of the hallway.
    My money was on him not showing.
    I was afraid that if I let myself hope, that I’d be crushed just like the last time.
    Cautiously, I walked towards my bedroom.
    I was nearly there when a deep, resonating voice called out from behind me. “Your door is broken.”
    I squeaked and turned to find him behind me and staring at me accusingly. Or at least what I could see of him.
    Mostly, I could only make out his face and that he was wearing dark clothing.
    “Yes, I know it is. That’s why I had that foundation guy come out. My back door stopped closing over five months ago. Now I just have one of those hook and eye locks that you lock from the inside.
    He growled low in his throat. “Why didn’t you get the foundation fixed, then?”
    My back straightened and I glared at him. “Because I don’t have the money,” I snapped.
    His head tilted. “Well, what the hell is your brother doing? Can’t he help?”
    My eyes narrowed on him, and I stalked towards him with purposeful steps. With one pointy finger, I started to poke him in the chest. “First of all, my brother no longer lives here. Which you would know if you’d bothered coming around in the past long months. Secondly, I’m doing the best that I can. The foundation will come once I can afford to pay more than my bills. Thirdly, did I give you permission to walk through my house and snoop?”
    I could almost hear his teeth grinding together. “No, but I had to let Lucy out.