Mischief (Circuit Book 2) by Lacey Dailey

Author:Lacey Dailey [Dailey, Lacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lacey Dailey
Published: 2019-02-20T06:00:00+00:00

12

Brett

A grunt escaped my lips. The muscles between my shoulder blades strained with each bend of my arm. Clenching the fist I had behind my back, I shook my head, moisture flying off the tips of my hair and slinging into the air around me. A bead of sweat slipped down the middle of my forehead and fell off the tip of my nose, directly in the center of the textbook I had open. The page wrinkled around the puddle of the sweat, blurring the words surrounding it.

When Ace first mentioned one-handed push-ups while simultaneously studying, I’d figured he was just talking through his dick. Then I got to thinking the idea came with some perks. Sure, I was a two-time college dropout, but I was still smart enough to know testing would put me through my paces. Mentally and psychically. I didn’t know diddly squat about the criminal justice system when I’d confessed my bone-deep desire to become a cop.

The desire wasn’t based off anything but an impulse. A feeling I had lingering within me that told me this was what I was supposed to do. Five years ago, I would’ve guffawed in your face if you’d suggested I give up my lab coat and goggles for a uniform and a badge. But life is ever-changing, and the people who experience it change too. It took witnessing the truest act of outright cruelty to completely change the course of my life.

Cops had a duty to protect and serve. If I hadn’t grown up with that notion burned into my brain from television and school, I’d know after seeing it plastered all over my textbooks. But there was a second part to that statement I just didn’t agree with.

Cops had a duty to protect the weak.

No.

As far as I was concerned, cops held a duty to protect every innocent American from falling victim to another human’s act of crime or violence. After Sage went missing, I retreated deep into my grief and launched into an investigation and loads of research. The number of unsolved cases in the state of Virginia was staggeringly high. It made me physically sick to read the numbers and hear the statements made by terrified loved ones. I wasn’t strong enough to do something about it back then. I wasn’t even sure I was strong enough to do something about it now.

But I had to try. My soul was dying in that sporting goods store, sliding nylon socks onto the feet of bratty children. I longed for a job where no two days were alike. When spontaneity was common and I was active constantly. I had an urge to make a quantifiable difference in the lives of those around me. I’d felt that urge for years. The only difference between now and then is that I was no longer allowing the fear to control me.

I wasn’t entirely sure when it switched, but I’d bet all the money I’d spent on college to say it stemmed from Sage’s return and Ace’s… well… everything.

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