Lisa Childs - Citizen's Police Academy 01 by Once a Lawman

Author:Once a Lawman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-04T14:17:08+00:00

“You have to take that class.”

“I like that…” She trailed off, stunned by her involuntary admission. “I like that class.”

“Good,” Kevin said, “you should do something you like for once.”

“This class isn’t the only thing I do that I like,” Tessa insisted. “I like my job.”

“You just like working there because you need the money,” Kevin said. “For us. You have to watch us…since Mom’s never around.”

“She’s around when she’s not working,” Tessa defended their mother. “She may be around more. I talked to a friend about getting her a job as a day-shift bartender.”

“That would be good,” he said, then met her gaze. “For all of us.”

“Yes.” Touched that he seemed so concerned about her, Tessa reached out and passed her hand over his spiky hair the way she did with her smaller brothers.

The lanky teenager ducked away from her. “Hey, don’t mess with the ’do, Tess!”

She lifted both arms and ran her hands through his hair, then grimaced and wiped her gel-covered fingers on his shirt. “You know what else would be better for everyone?” she teased. “If you never got your license.”

He ignored her comment and her sticky handprints and goaded her, “Come on, Tess, I’ll race you to the Suburban.” He pulled open the patio door and headed up the stairs to the driveway.

“Kevin!” she yelled as she grabbed her briefcase and headed out after him. “Come back here!” The SUV engine started, and she ran faster. “Kevin!”

Before he could pull out of the driveway, she jerked open the passenger’s door and jumped inside. “Okay, I’ll let you drive, but you have to take it slowly and carefully.”

“What’s this? Do as I say, not as I do?” he quipped with a cocky grin.

“Smartass.”

“Don’t swear.”

“Don’t drive so fast!” she warned him as he pressed on the accelerator.

“Hey, who’s got more tickets?”

“You better not have any,” she threatened him.

“You’re the one who gets all the tickets, Tess,” he said, without really answering her question. “You’re the lousy driver.”

“If I’m so lousy,” she challenged him, “how come you want to drive with me?”

“It’s safer for me to drive you than have you drive me.” He grinned. “I think you really do need a chauffeur.”

“Smartass—”

This time the wail of a siren cut her off. She turned her head and glimpsed red and blue lights flashing through the rear window.

“What do I do?” Kevin asked, his voice shaking with panic.

“Pull over,” she advised, “slowly and carefully.”

“B-but there’re never any cops on our street,” Kevin protested as he steered the SUV to the curb and shifted it into Park.

She wouldn’t put it past Chad to have set up a speed trap on her street to catch her exceeding the limit again. She closed her eyes, not wanting to see him if he was the officer who’d stopped them.

“Tess!” Kevin whispered urgently. “What do I do?”

“Roll down the window,” she directed.

“License, please,” a masculine voice requested.

Tessa sighed with relief and opened her eyes. It wasn’t Chad. She glanced to the window and the young officer leaning close to it.

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