Edward Unconditionally Common Powers 3 by Lynn Lorenz

Author:Lynn Lorenz [Lorenz, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Loose Id, LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“I wouldn't go in there, if I were you,” Kristen called as she came down the back hall. Brian, about to knock on Jack's door, raised an eyebrow and lowered his hand.

“What's up?” He went to her desk.

“Jack and Edward had a terrible fight.” She said it like JackandEdward, all one word. Brian's eyebrows rose.

Obviously, she wasn't going to tell him unless he begged her. Brian sighed. He interrogated people all day; he didn't want to do it here. “About what?”

“That dog.”

Brian frowned. “Didn't his papers come through? Was there a problem with them?”

“No, they're fine. I have them right here.” She tapped a folder, then leaned forward. “That wasn't it.”

Okay, she was really taking this being mysterious too far. “Look, Kristen, spill it. What's going on?”

“Well, this weekend while Jack had the dog, he trained him. Without Edward's permission.” She rolled her eyes. “Now, I couldn't hear everything, but when Edward went in to get Winston, from the shouting I could hear, the dog wouldn't come to him. Jack had him in Stay.” Tears welled up in her eyes. “Oh, Brian. You should have heard Edward. He was so hurt.”

“Hurt?”

“He thought Jack had done it on purpose. So the dog wouldn't come to Edward.” She plucked a tissue from the box on her desk and wiped her eyes. “You and I know Jack hasn't got a malicious bone in his body, but Edward didn't know that. Jack just didn't think about Edward's reaction, that's all.” Who were all the tears for— Jack, Edward, or both? Had Kristen picked up on something between Jack and Edward?

What the hell was going on between those two? Edward had admitted interest in Jack from the start and had sworn he'd gotten signals from Jack. Edward could even be falling for Jack, and that was a shame, because Brian had never gotten a single blip on his gaydar screen about Jack. The man was as straight as they came. Wasn't he?

“I'm sure that's right. Jack's not that kind of man,” he consoled her. Glancing at Jack's office door, he made a decision. “I need to see him.”

“Enter at your own risk,” she warned.

He rapped on the door with one hand, the folder in the other, and waited. About to knock again, he heard, “Come in.”

Brian stepped into the office and closed the door behind him. “Chief.”

Jack looked up from his work and smiled. No hint of the alleged fight. “Brian. What's up?”

“I wanted to give you that report on Jimmy Wyatt's stolen truck. I found it over by the county line. It'd been dumped in the woods, and it looks like someone took a baseball bat to it.” Brian slid the folder onto the desk.

Jack sat back and chuckled. “Question his wife. Or his girlfriend. Or both of them. Or anyone else he might have pissed off in the last week. Your pick.”

“That's what I figured.” Brian grinned as an idea flashed in his head, and without thinking it through, he

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