A Done Deal by Jenna Bennett

Author:Jenna Bennett
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, suspense, southern, mystery, nashville, interracial, real estate

Chapter 13

She was still dressed in SWAT black, with gun belt and heavy boots, and she didn’t look happy to see me. Or perhaps it was Rafe she was unhappy to see. She scowled past me into the apartment. “Is he decent?”

“Of course.” I may have wanted to rip his clothes off, but I hadn’t actually done it. “Come on in.”

“I need to take him with me. He has to show his face in night court so everyone can see we got him.”

“I’m sure he’ll be happy to go to night court,” I said. “Whatever it takes to put this whole mess behind us, right?”

Neither of them answered me. Grimaldi brushed past me into the apartment, and came face to face with Rafe in the living room. They stared at one another for a long moment before Grimaldi broke the silence, her voice tight. “What the hell were you thinking, dragging her into the middle of that?”

“I didn’t drag her anywhere,” Rafe answered, in the same tone. “She showed up. I had to get her outta there before something could happen to her. I did the best I could.”

“Why are you talking about me like I’m a potted plant?” I wanted to know. “I’m standing right here. And if I remember correctly, I was the one who stepped in front of him.”

They both ignored me.

“For your information,” Grimaldi said, hands on her hips, “that idiot stunt got you national news coverage. By tomorrow, it’ll be on every news channel in the country and all over the internet. If you had any hope of salvaging your career, you just blew it sky-high.”

“My career was over long before tonight,” Rafe answered calmly. “I blew my cover months ago, and you know it. By now, everyone knows who I am.”

“You do realize her family’s having collective fits, don’t you?”

“They haven’t called,” I said.

Grimaldi turned to me. “Everyone called your brother. Then he called me. He was unhappy. And that makes me unhappy. His wife died just a few weeks ago, and here is his favorite sister, a hostage in a police-standoff, with a gun to her head!”

“Catherine is his favorite, not me. And if he recognized me, he would have recognized Rafe too.”

“Your faith in Mr. Collier is touching,” Grimaldi snarled, “but your brother doesn’t share it. He’s upset.”

“I’ll call him.”

She shook her head with a sigh. “I talked him down. He’s fine, really. He knows you weren’t in any danger.”

“Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me yet. I have to arrest your boyfriend.” She reached for the handcuffs hanging from her belt.

“He’s not...” The denial was automatic, and I bit it off. After losing the baby—and Rafe—I’d promised myself I’d never again try to deny how I felt about him, and that automatic denial of him as my boyfriend had to go. “Can we have a minute first?”

Grimaldi paused with the cuffs in her hand, looking from me to Rafe and back. “You’ve already had plenty of time to figure things out. He needs to get to night court so there’s no question that he’s under arrest.

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