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sheepishly. “Maybe a little
of both.”
    I brushed a kiss on his cheek. “Thank you,
you are very sweet to me sometimes.”
    “I’m sweet to you all the time.”
    I grinned. “Do you still have a copy of
that file you made up to have me charged with assault that time I accidentally
elbowed you in the eye?”
    Griffin nodded.
    “Then that means you’re only sweet some of
the time. That file was supposed to be destroyed.”
    Griffin laughed. “It’s a memento, a fond
memory of when we first met.”
    I pulled away from him and stood up. “If
you think that’s a fond memory, you have got some serious issues, my friend.
Anyway, what are you doing home so early? Didn’t you just go to work a few
hours ago?”
    “I’ve been suspended,” Griffin said
abruptly.
    I dropped back onto the couch and I’m sure
my mouth was wide open.
    “What happened?”
    “They’re investigating Ramos for her
girlfriend’s murder and I may have told my lieutenant how much of an idiot he
was.”
    “And they suspended you for that?” I asked.
    Griffin rolled his eyes. “Okay, I wasn’t
suspended so much as told I had to take leave that I had accrued. I’m not to
show my face in the precinct until Lieutenant Ellis has taken my photo down
from the dart board in the break room.”
    “Okay,” I said slowly. “How long do they
think that will be?”
    “Not sure. Usually Ramos pulls it down at
some point, when she gets annoyed with seeing it up there. But she’s suspended
as well so it could take a while.”
    “How often does it end up there?” I asked.
    Griffin gave me a sheepish grin, along with
his most innocent look. “Pretty regularly.”
    “You really need to work on being more
friendly with people,” I sighed, knowing I was fighting a losing battle.
    He put an arm around my shoulders. “Why?
The people I care about are fine with the way I am. I’m not really bothered by
what anyone else says. You put up with me. Why should I care about everybody
else?”
    “But you’re overlooking the fact that I
have an amazing ability to accept some of your less endearing qualities,” I
said. “And even then, there are some days when you stretch even my almost
limitless patience.”
    “And that’s what makes you special,”
Griffin grinned as he stood up.
    “What are you doing?” I asked.
    “I’m going to call Ramos, see if she needs
anything,” Griffin said as he pulled out his phone.
    “Good idea,” I replied.
    As he walked away my phone started ringing
and I checked the screen.
    “Hi, Monique.”
    “Ma petite, how are you today?”
    “I’m fine, Monique. What’s the problem?”
    “Why do you think there’s a problem?”
    “Just a feeling.”
    Monique was quiet for a moment. “I can’t
get anyone to do security with you.”
    “Nobody?” I was dumbfounded. “You are
telling me that none of your big, strong and, to most other people, dangerous
security guys are willing to work with me.” Jorge had been only too pleased to
enlighten me to the fact that I had an unusual reputation at the agency, but I
hadn’t expected such a blanket refusal.
    “Did they give any reasons?” I asked.
    “I got lots of reasons,” Monique said
waspishly. “I’m just not sure that I believe many of them.”
    Monique sounded annoyed. That did not bode
well. This was a woman who was calm in the face of everything. At worst I had
seen her slightly perturbed. I had never known her to be actually annoyed
before.
    “I believe I may need to do some further
recruitment.”
    A part of me wanted to laugh. “I think the
only way that is going to work is if the current security staff aren’t allowed
to speak to the new recruits. My understanding is that my reputation is pretty
well known.”
    “Don’t worry, ma petite. I will find
someone who is not afraid of gossip and innuendo. My Reggie has offered to do
it if we cannot find anyone else.”
    That was sweet. Unfortunately Reggie was
about half the size of Jorge. Despite the fact