If She Fled by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blake Pierce
Published: 2019-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

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When she and DeMarco drove back to the hotel at 8:35, Kate nearly told DeMarco about the call Duran had placed. In the end, she decided not to. She assumed Duran had also called DeMarco to fill her in and, if that were the case, DeMarco had not mentioned it and was choosing to keep it to herself. Kate wondered if DeMarco was trying to protect her or if she found the situation too awkward to handle. Or maybe Duran hadn’t called DeMarco at all. Maybe he was waiting to see how she would handle it—if she would totally blow up at him or if she’d be the good little agent and come back home for her punishment without putting up a fight.

DeMarco parked the car and got out, apparently noting how quiet Kate had been for the past several hours.

“You going to tell me what’s wrong?” she asked.

“I’d really rather not.”

“Fair enough. Want to have a few drinks and then accidentally tell me?”

Kate shook her head. “At the risk of seeming like a bitch, I think I just want to spend some time alone tonight.”

They were walking toward their rooms, Kate fumbling with her keys, when DeMarco reached out and took her hand. “Wise…Kate…I hope you know I consider you more than my partner. More than a good agent, even. I consider you a friend. That being said, I want you to know that you can tell me anything.”

That settles it then, Kate thought. Duran hasn’t called her yet. He’s wanting me to tell her.

Still, she couldn’t bring herself to say it. She did not want to admit defeat to this woman who was looking up to her as a mentor of sorts.

“I’m fine,” Kate said. “Just tired and bummed out about all of the stuff going on back home with Melissa.”

“Okay. I’ll leave you to your own stuff tonight. Me, I’ll be heading back to the bar. If you change your mind, I’d love to have you.”

“Sounds good.”

“But if you aren’t there within a few hours, maybe stay put. If that same bartender is working tonight, I may embarrass you.”

“Embarrass me how?”

DeMarco grinned as they reached their respective rooms, side by side. “Not that you’re old-fashioned or stuck up or anything, but you don’t strike me as the sort of woman that would be overly comfortable being in the presence of a gay woman trying to pick up another gay woman.”

“Thanks…I think. I would not be uncomfortable with that, by the way. Also, that gives me one more reason to stay in. You go do your thing. Let me know how it goes in the morning.”

“Yeah, I’ll do that,” DeMarco said.

She looked rather surprised at how well Kate had responded. It again made Kate wonder just how much of an obstacle DeMarco’s homosexuality had been as she had come up through high school, college, and even the academy. Kate knew the bureau took great strides to promote inclusion, but some individuals within the academy were still, even to this day, unable to shake racial and sexual biases.

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