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graduate high school next year it would be a miracle. Getting her into college was so far off their map it didn’t bear consideration. “You two can figure something out if he really wants to be with ya,” he told her softly. He gave her one more hug before he let her go. “Get yourself changed and hit the sack. I’ll raise the dead over there and kick him out.”
    Colleen seemed to hear the joke in his voice and glanced down at Bobby. “You could just let him crash here tonight.”
    “The neighbors talk enough about us already. Last thing I need is a cop sleeping over.”
    She gave him a disbelieving smile and asked, “Since when does an O’Shea care what the neighbors think?”
    Tommy snorted a laugh. “Since we count on them as much as they count on us. If Old Man Morris gets nervous about the company we keep, he won’t let us run our cable off his, and if Kelly notices we’ve got a cop crashed on our couch, you think she’s gonna trust me to sell her extras? Not even Bobby could look away over that one.”
    They both knew what he was talking about. Kelly wasn’t a big-time dealer, but she had a healthy crop of pot growing in her basement, and when she didn’t have the buyers for it, she sometimes let Tommy make a few deals for her and cut him in on the cash. It wasn’t the most honest living, but it was the difference between the grocery store and the food bank for them, so it was worth it, legal or not.
    Yawning, Colleen nodded in agreement. “You’re probably right,” she muttered as she stretched her arms and turned for the stairs.
    Tommy watched her go before turning his attention back to Bobby. What the hell was he supposed to do with a guy like that? He knew what he wanted to do, but that fell into the “No way, never gonna happen” category. He kicked at Bobby’s foot to rouse him. “Wake up, sunshine. Time for all the good little coppers to be home in their own beds.”
    Bobby took a deep breath and blinked his eyes open. He smiled when he saw Tommy standing over him. He rubbed his eyes before stretching his arms over his head. “Time is it?”
    His T-shirt hitched up and showed off an impressive patch of golden skin and sharp abdominal muscles. Tommy looked away.
    “After one,” he said, collecting the beer bottles and empty bags of chips and candy he and Bobby had shared.
    “Shit.” Bobby sat up, shaking his head like he had water in his ears as he grabbed his shoes and tugged them on.
    “You on patrol tomorrow?” Tommy asked, hating that he was genuinely curious and not just passing the time with idle talk.
    Bobby got to his feet. “Not till five, but I have a few things to do around the house tomorrow.” As he pulled on his jacket and dug his keys out of the pocket, he asked, “Did Colleen make it in okay?”
    Tommy nodded, liking too much the way Bobby thought to ask after her. “Yeah, she’s upstairs getting ready for bed.”
    “She have fun?”
    “Yeah, she had a great time. Said Wyatt was a perfect little gentleman.”
    Bobby laughed at that. “Thank God. I was afraid I’d have to arrest you if he wasn’t.” He paused as he headed for the door, adding, “Though, with your little talk ,he would’ve been a real idiot if he had tried something with her.”
    “All teenage boys are idiots.”
    Bobby agreed with a nod and another soft laugh, and then he surprised the hell out of Tommy. “Listen, next time we both have a night off, you wanna go out? Maybe play some pool or something?”
    Tommy chewed the corner of his mouth so hard he thought it would draw blood, thinking too long before he answered. He had already started to seriously question Bobby’s sexuality, but he wasn’t sure how much of it was wishful thinking. Bobby was starting to look embarrassed for asking and it sent a wave of guilt through Tommy—something he wasn’t accustomed to. “Sounds good, man. Lemme know your schedule and I’ll swap with someone down at the pub.”
    Oh Jesus. The smile he