Moonshine Task Force Collection Volume Two by Laramie Briscoe

Author:Laramie Briscoe [Briscoe, Laramie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Laramie Briscoe

Chapter 16

Menace

Havoc yawns loudly from where he sits beside me in the driver’s seat. “Tired?” I rub my own eyes, having had a few late nights myself the past week.

“Exhausted man, I don’t know how you did this as a teenager, going to school.” He takes a drink of his coffee.

Even though it’s almost four in the afternoon, he’s still drinking java.

“Didn’t have a choice.” I shrug, nothing about what I did back then was special. No matter how many times people tell me it was amazing, I’ve never felt that way.

“No.” He shakes his head, a firm tone to his voice. “You say that shit all the time. That you didn’t have a choice. You had a choice, as evidenced by Caleb’s mom. When are you going to stop acting like you’ve been a martyr and just admit you’re a good man?”

Sighing, I push my head back against the leather seat. “I hate acting like what I did was some sort of sacrifice.”

“It was a sacrifice. Fuck, you’ve been responsible since you were sixteen years old.”

“Because I made a dumbass decision,” I argue. “Did I really know what it meant to have sex with no condom? Yes. Did I really realize what the consequences to my actions were? No. Thank God for my mom, because without her I’d be a totally different person and Caleb wouldn’t be who he is today. She saved me, but my dad? He never came around.” I clear my throat because this is hard to talk about. Hard to admit that I disappointed a man I looked up to so highly. “He could never get over the fact I fucked up so bad.”

“You never talk about him.” Havoc seems to realize this for the first time.

“He doesn’t deserve to be talked about. He and my mom are divorced, and they divorced because of the situation with Caleb. He never could seem to quite get over the fact I fucked up.”

“Wait, so let me get this straight. Not only does Caleb not have a mom, but he doesn’t have a grandfather, either?”

“Nope.” I take a drink of the bottle of water sitting next to me. “And to be honest, I’m okay with that. From the time my dad found out about Caleb, he was a mean bastard. Kept telling me I’d completely ruined my life. I’d end up married, depressed, and alone, begging my wife for sex or even for a little bit of affection. Now, as an adult, I can see that’s probably what happened to him. He and Mom were married eight months before I was born, so I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” I run my fingers through my hair.

“I think you broke the cycle with Caleb.” Havoc’s voice is dead serious. “He’s made it this far – he’s got the scholarship, a good head on his shoulders. It’s because you’re a good man who understands what his son needs. It’s what makes you a good cop, too. You listen, assess situations, and react accordingly.

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