Her Passionate Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

Author:Caitlyn O'Leary [O'Leary, Caitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Passionately Kind Publishing
Published: 2018-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

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Hunter would have won if he could have found a parking spot. When he got there, Zed was talking to Lottie, and it was clear he was admiring her. She was all that in her pinstripe suit and red heels. Hell, the boys must be lining up to get ‘counseling’. He took in the fact her plate was loaded. He bet she got a hell of a lot more than the normal serving and slow service, so they could keep her longer at the window.

“There he is. I see you lost,” she said. “I’m trying to talk your friend Zed into getting something to eat.”

Hunter noticed Zed seemed more relaxed, he couldn’t tell if it was Lottie or the bike ride.

“Aren’t you hungry?” Hunter asked.

“After we ask our questions. Ms. Rodriguez is on a tight schedule, right?”

She’d taken a bite of food as they meandered to one of the nearby benches, so she just nodded. She and Zed sat down. Hunter leaned against the armrest on the other side of her.

“We need to ask you a few questions,” Hunter said.

“Ask away,” she waved her fork and smiled.

“Alia said she expelled some gang members who might be holding a grudge. Do you think they would want to bomb her house?”

“All four of them showed up with guns. One Brainiac had his tucked in his waistband and shot himself in his ass. He was in study hall with his friends when it happened, and they tried to scatter. The homeroom teacher is the football coach, he stopped them.”

“All three of them?”

“Oh yeah, he got them all. He used to play pro ball for the Los Angeles Rams,” she grinned. “By the way, call me Lottie. We’re all on the same team.”

“So, teammate, who do you think had a hand in blowing up Aliana’s townhome?” Hunter asked baldly.

“Ernie asked me the same thing.”

“Who’s Ernie?” Zed asked.

“He’s the cop who found Aliana after she was attacked last week.”

“Kid, you’ve left a few things out of your report. I need to know all the players,” Zed said to Hunter.

Hunter managed to stop himself from rolling his eyes. Seriously, Zed needed to learn how to step into the buddy zone and stop trying to run things. Goddammit, he wasn’t on the Night Storm team, he was a member of Black Dawn. Aiden was his second-in-command, not Zed.

“What did you tell Ernie?” Hunter asked.

“He asked me about a boy named Mateo. He used to go to school here, dropped out his senior year. Aliana was a teacher back then, and she taught him when he was a sophomore. She told me about him.”

“Were you close back then?” Zed asked.

“No, I wasn’t working at the school back then. I showed up three years later.” Lottie took another delicate bite of her enchilada.

Hunter waited for her to finish swallowing to ask her his next question.

“If you weren’t working here, what made him stand out so much she would be telling you about him years later.”

“His younger sister used to attend school here, and her brother is currently a student.

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