DADDY WITH A BADGE by Paula Detmer Riggs

Author:Paula Detmer Riggs [Riggs, Paula Detmer]
Language: por
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 11

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Seth was already in the room when Rafe returned a little past one, his carry-on bag open on the bed he'd used. It was nearly full, the contents shoved in so haphazardly Rafe actually winced. With eight people stacked into four rooms of a single wide trailer, neatness had been a must. It was a habit he'd never shaken.

"How about we grab some dinner in one of the seafood places by the river before we head to the airport?" he suggested as Rafe unclipped his weapon and dropped it onto his own bed.

"Sorry, partner, I'm having dinner with Daniela."

Seth's patrician brows shot up. "Damn, you work fast."

Rafe methodically emptied his pockets onto the built-in dresser. "If you call twenty years fast."

Seth tossed his sneakers into his bag. "No offense, but this morning at breakfast I got the distinct impression the daughter isn't your biggest fan."

"I'm working on that." He stripped off his suit coat and hung it up. "She was smitten with you, though," he said as he unbuttoned his cuffs. "Even laughed at your lousy jokes."

Seth took a jumble of underwear from the drawer and stuffed it into his bag. "Everyone laughs at my jokes, but you. Might make a man doubt himself, except everyone knows Rafe Cardoza doesn't have a sense of humor."

Surprised, and a little irritated, Rafe shot him a look. "Tell one that's funny instead of corny and I will."

The kid grinned. "Any idea how strong Fabrizio's gonna hold on testifying if Folsom reaches out to her?"

"She'll hold."

Looking thoughtful, Seth set the bag next to the door, then flopped like a loose-jointed puppet into one of the chairs. "Assume you arranged with Randolph to get a heads up if Folsom makes bail?"

Rafe pulled off his tie. "Yeah, but I'm thinking of staying over a few days."

"Probably be a good plan, yeah." Seth stretched his arms over his head and yawned. "Want me to stick around, too?"

"No, but keep yourself loose and your phone charged."

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"So how's the party?" Danni asked when Lyssa called around seven.

Since the accident, Lys was obsessive about checking in often when she was away from home. It was reassuring to Danni as well.

"It hasn't really gotten started yet," Lyssa said, raising her voice to be heard over the rock and roll pounding in the background. "Only a couple of the girls have shown up so far."

"It's early." Danni clamped the phone between her shoulder and ear in order to insert the pearl teardrop into her other earlobe. The heirloom earrings had belonged to her mother's grandmother first, and then her mother. Now they were all she had left of the family pieces she'd cherished. She still had them only because she'd worn them on the plane to London.

"So what are you doing tonight?" Lyssa asked.

"Rafe invited me to dinner as a thank you for feeding him last night."

"He just wants to sleep with you! I could tell from the way he was looking at you."

A frantic guitar riff assaulted her eardrums, making her wince.

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