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Authors: Kaitlyn Stone
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can go catch some bad guys,” he jokes. “I’ll call you with my cousin’s schedule for Sunday.”
I chuckle at his comment. “You’re funny. I like you.”
I reach down for my bag and lean to open the door as Donovan grabs my arm and pulls me to him for an unexpected kiss. When he releases me, I’m dazed and a little muddled from the whirlwind kiss. “I like you, too.” He scans my face and smirks at my reaction.
I blink, clearing my head. “Bye,” I say with more self-control and exit the car. I stand on the sidewalk, steadying myself as he drives off.
Chapter 6
“Tell me again why Donovan is buying you a car?” Danielle questions me while applying a thick coat of mascara to her long lashes, making them look like delicate paintbrushes fanning against her sultry, violet-shaded lids. The purple color highlights the blue in her eyes, adding to their I’m taking no prisoners tonight look.
We’re both trying to get ready at the same time in the little one-sink bathroom we share for tonight’s big police awards banquet at the Miramar. Donovan called me the day after our lunch with my uncle and asked me to accompany him to this formal event.
“He’s not buying me a car.” I stand behind Danielle’s blonde head, trying to get a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I’m blow-drying small sections of my hair straight on the left side of my head. “Donovan is just helping me buy one.”
My uncle’s car served its purpose, but owning my own would make me feel more independent.
“Oh, that makes more sense,” she says. “I thought either he was a real idiot for buying some girl he just met a car or he was really desperate to get into your pants.”
“God, Danielle, that’s rude.” I slap her arm, but she just laughs.
“Careful or you’ll ruin my masterpiece here.” Danielle moves to her lips, lining the rim with a pale pink color. “I thought you were going to ask my dad to help you with the car thing anyway?”
“I was, but they’ve been so great about renting the room and all that I don’t like to ask more of them.”
Danielle shoots me a disappointed look through the mirror. “I wish you wouldn’t feel that way about my parents. They wouldn’t open their home to you if they didn’t want to help you. As a matter of fact I think it’s good for my mom to have you here. I think it makes her feel like she’s setting things right in her world.”
“Thanks, Danielle. I’m lucky to have you and your parents.” The way Sunny stood up to my mom the day after I escaped from her controlling grasp and Richard’s brutal hand confirmed she had my back, which isn’t easy for a sweet, passive woman like Sunny. My mom’s plan to manipulate Sunny into throwing me out and leaving me homeless backfired, thankfully. God forbid my mom let me leave her and the hell she allowed Richard to master and create a peaceful life for myself.
“You guys have been seeing a lot of each other, haven’t you? I mean he must be really into you. I hardly ever see you anymore.”
I shrug my shoulders, now working on the right side of my hair. “I don’t know what’s going on with us. I like him. He’s funny and we have a good time together. I think he kind of gets me.”
Danielle pulls a lip stain from her makeup bag, filling out her lips. “You know he goes to choir practice with the guys at work on some Tuesdays?”
“Our first date was on a Tuesday and he never mentioned anything about singing in a choir.”
Danielle laughs at some inside joke. “No. Choir practice is what they call it when they all go out to a local bar after shift and hang out drinking. They usually go after morning or night shift so they choose bars that are open all day or ones that open early in the morning. That’s where a lot of the patrol bunnies hang out looking to hook up.”
I don’t like the image this information is burning into my mind. I can picture Donovan in all his gorgeousness kicking back with his bros and a
I chuckle at his comment. “You’re funny. I like you.”
I reach down for my bag and lean to open the door as Donovan grabs my arm and pulls me to him for an unexpected kiss. When he releases me, I’m dazed and a little muddled from the whirlwind kiss. “I like you, too.” He scans my face and smirks at my reaction.
I blink, clearing my head. “Bye,” I say with more self-control and exit the car. I stand on the sidewalk, steadying myself as he drives off.
Chapter 6
“Tell me again why Donovan is buying you a car?” Danielle questions me while applying a thick coat of mascara to her long lashes, making them look like delicate paintbrushes fanning against her sultry, violet-shaded lids. The purple color highlights the blue in her eyes, adding to their I’m taking no prisoners tonight look.
We’re both trying to get ready at the same time in the little one-sink bathroom we share for tonight’s big police awards banquet at the Miramar. Donovan called me the day after our lunch with my uncle and asked me to accompany him to this formal event.
“He’s not buying me a car.” I stand behind Danielle’s blonde head, trying to get a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I’m blow-drying small sections of my hair straight on the left side of my head. “Donovan is just helping me buy one.”
My uncle’s car served its purpose, but owning my own would make me feel more independent.
“Oh, that makes more sense,” she says. “I thought either he was a real idiot for buying some girl he just met a car or he was really desperate to get into your pants.”
“God, Danielle, that’s rude.” I slap her arm, but she just laughs.
“Careful or you’ll ruin my masterpiece here.” Danielle moves to her lips, lining the rim with a pale pink color. “I thought you were going to ask my dad to help you with the car thing anyway?”
“I was, but they’ve been so great about renting the room and all that I don’t like to ask more of them.”
Danielle shoots me a disappointed look through the mirror. “I wish you wouldn’t feel that way about my parents. They wouldn’t open their home to you if they didn’t want to help you. As a matter of fact I think it’s good for my mom to have you here. I think it makes her feel like she’s setting things right in her world.”
“Thanks, Danielle. I’m lucky to have you and your parents.” The way Sunny stood up to my mom the day after I escaped from her controlling grasp and Richard’s brutal hand confirmed she had my back, which isn’t easy for a sweet, passive woman like Sunny. My mom’s plan to manipulate Sunny into throwing me out and leaving me homeless backfired, thankfully. God forbid my mom let me leave her and the hell she allowed Richard to master and create a peaceful life for myself.
“You guys have been seeing a lot of each other, haven’t you? I mean he must be really into you. I hardly ever see you anymore.”
I shrug my shoulders, now working on the right side of my hair. “I don’t know what’s going on with us. I like him. He’s funny and we have a good time together. I think he kind of gets me.”
Danielle pulls a lip stain from her makeup bag, filling out her lips. “You know he goes to choir practice with the guys at work on some Tuesdays?”
“Our first date was on a Tuesday and he never mentioned anything about singing in a choir.”
Danielle laughs at some inside joke. “No. Choir practice is what they call it when they all go out to a local bar after shift and hang out drinking. They usually go after morning or night shift so they choose bars that are open all day or ones that open early in the morning. That’s where a lot of the patrol bunnies hang out looking to hook up.”
I don’t like the image this information is burning into my mind. I can picture Donovan in all his gorgeousness kicking back with his bros and a
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