Courted by Celia Cohen

Author:Celia Cohen [Cohen, Celia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Gay
ISBN: 9781562801663
Publisher: Naiad Press
Published: 1997-05-15T03:31:03+00:00

Chapter Six

Julie was pouring coffee. “I’ll say this for you, Kotter, you sure have a knack for romancing world-class athletes. First Shamrock, then Jaws and now Alie de Ville.”

“Who said anything about romancing Alie de Ville?” I protested.

Randie chuckled. “Come on, Kotter. Who do you think you’re trying to kid?”

“How do you figure it, Randie?” Julie said. “What is it about Kotter that has them dying to get her in the sack?”

“Well, it sure isn’t her good looks and personality,” Randie needled. She gave me a once-over so searching it could have taken X-rays. “It’s got to be that damn cocksure attitude. Those athletes have such an ego, they feel challenged, and they want to get her in bed and make her submit. You do submit, don’t you, Kotter?”

“For Christ’s sake, Randie!” I yelped.

The telephone rang. Randie glanced at the Caller ID. “Oh hell, it’s the desk sergeant. This can’t be good news.” She picked up the receiver. “Hello?…Yes, Mac, what’s up?...All right. Who’s on it?...Tell Rashad to put Potter on it, too. I know he’s supposed to have another day off, but the chief is going to have to show the mayor we’re doing everything we can...Don’t worry about that. I’ll handle it. Tell them I’m on my way.”

Randie hung up the phone. All the easiness of the evening had left her. She was a police captain again. “There was trouble at the tennis banquet tonight. A couple of goons jumped Papa de Ville in the parking lot while he was leaving. They got away. Now he’s demanding more security for Alie, but she wants no part of it. Kotter, do you have a change of clothes with you?”

“Sure,” I said. In this line of work, you always had to be prepared.

“Then come on. I need you. We’ve got to get to the College Inn.”

I stood up—slowly—because it was all the time I would have for the transition back to duty. I wasn’t Randie’s friend Kotter anymore. I was just another officer to be deployed. I gave her the smirk, the one that said this cop could take anything the brass dished out. “Whatever you say, Captain.”

She gripped my shoulder hard. “You sober?”

“Yeah.” You had to hand it to Randie. She never missed anything.

“Then let’s go. Follow me over to the station, and we’ll pick up a car.”

“I’ll leave the light on,” Julie said. She had grown too used to these abrupt departures to mind them very much.

At the station Randie slid into the passenger’s seat of the cruiser, and I got behind the wheel. Off duty, she always drove, taking care of me, but when we were working, those captain’s bars made it clear who would be doing what.

“The detectives don’t have much to go on,” Randie said. “No one got a good look at those guys who jumped Papa de Ville.”

“Not even Papa?”

Randie was grim. “He’s saying he didn’t, but I wonder about that. Let’s not forget, when Papa was growing up here, he was part of a pretty rough crowd.

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