Dark Horse (Aspen Falls Novel) by Melissa Pearl & Anna Cruise

Author:Melissa Pearl & Anna Cruise [Pearl, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

21

Thursday, May 24th

5:45pm

Tap-tap-tap.

Tap-tap-tap.

Nate’s pen was close to breaking as he tapped it on the desk, frustration making it move faster and faster.

“If you don’t stop doing that, I’m going to smack you in the back of the head,” Cam clipped.

A paper missile followed, and Nate flinched as it hit the back of his head.

With a huff, he slumped his shoulders. “Can’t find this guy. Vern Schnyder has disappeared off the face of the fucking earth!”

“So let it go! Move on, already. We’ve got other things to keep us busy. Like this drug case I’m working solo.”

He glanced over his shoulder and caught the tail end of her pointed look.

“You don’t need me for that,” he softly muttered, thinking immediately of Sally and her argument about how the AFPD had two detectives for a reason.

“You want in on this one, man. I promise you.” Cam grinned. “If my source is right and surveillance checks out tomorrow, Kellan’s going to authorize a big bust this weekend.”

Pain seared the center of his chest as Sally continued to float through his mind—the feel of her blonde hair brushing against his chest as she fell asleep in his arms, the soft murmurs she made when she woke up, the sweet smile she gifted him whenever he appeared.

He rubbed at the ache and tried to push Sally from his mind. Missing her was torture, and picturing her with Oscar basically annihilated him, which was why he’d spent the last couple of days in a mildly drunken stupor. He was still hungover from his binge from the night before. His father had come home to find him passed out on the sofa, then forced some kind of hangover cocktail that tasted like cow piss down his throat that morning.

“I don’t know what the hell you’re going through right now, but you are not turning into a drunken bum. You hear me? Get back to work and deal with your pain more constructively. Or better yet, talk to me about it so I can at least try to help you! Or even better still…go talk to Sally!”

Nate had clenched his jaw and turned away from his father, who huffed in frustration and stomped out of the room.

The old man had been right about one thing, though.

Liquor wouldn’t fix Nate’s heartache, which was why he’d hauled his ass into work and tried to focus back on the Schnyder case.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get the words “Go talk to Sally” out of his brain. In his weakest moments over the past few days, he’d contemplated showing up at her door and begging her to dump Oscar and take him back.

But how could he?

He wasn’t about to give up work to keep her happy. He had a job to do. He had injustice to fight. People deserved closure.

Oscar didn’t have to worry about any of that shit. He could give Sally everything she wanted. Everything she deserved.

Nate was a good detective. It was basically the only thing he was good at, and he needed to focus on that.

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