No Rules (No Regrets Book 2) by Nora Phoenix

Author:Nora Phoenix [Phoenix, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Going back to work as if nothing had happened wasn’t easy after that scene. Alex had been awake for hours, running through every moment in his head again and again. What had happened for Ryan to change his mind? He’d said the scene had felt wrong… How had he picked up on what Alex hadn’t even fully figured out himself?

Because it had been wrong. Ryan was right that Alex had been uncomfortable…and he should’ve never consented when Master Mark had asked him. If Ryan hadn’t safeworded, Alex would’ve gone through with it…and he would’ve regretted it later.

Ryan had saved him from making a big mistake, and Alex couldn’t wrap his mind around it. How had Ryan seen what Alex had hidden even from himself in that moment? Maybe he really did know Alex better than anyone else, including Alex himself.

But he’d have to figure all of that out later. He had a job to do, and that had to come first now. It helped that Ryan had shifted back into professional mode as well. They had an appointment with the cops to see if they could get some cooperation there.

As they approached the Saratoga police station, Alex studied the building. Considering the charm of the little town, the police station wasn’t the prettiest, was it? Built on an incline, it had a top half that consisted of red bricks, while the bottom had much bigger square gray bricks that looked more like concrete. The cracked pavement didn’t offer much to look at either. The single yellow line warning people about parking there was so faded it blended in with the asphalt, and the road itself showed wear from the harsh winters.

“It’s not the most welcoming place,” he commented.

Ryan snorted as he pushed the glass door open. “Police stations rarely are.”

The police station hummed with activity as they entered, officers hurrying past them, phones ringing, and the faint scent of stale coffee lingering in the air. “We’re here to see Detective Baxter,” Ryan told the receptionist.

“Do you have an appointment?”

“Yes, ma’am. He told us to stop by sometime this afternoon.”

“Okay. Let me call him for you.”

After only a minute, a middle-aged detective with thinning hair and a weary expression appeared. He shook their hands firmly as they introduced themselves. “Follow me,” he said, leading them to a desk where piles of paperwork threatened to topple over. “Don’t mind the mess. They’re replacing our filing cabinets, so I can’t put the stuff anywhere else at the moment.”

They sat in the two seats across the desk, and Baxter lowered himself into a creaky desk chair. “So you’re the private investigators Ms. Vandervliet hired, huh? Gotta say I’m not sure what you think you’ll find that we haven’t already covered.”

“We’re not here to step on any toes,” Ryan said, using a placating tone. “We want to make sure every angle’s been explored. Marilyn deserves a fair shot at proving her innocence.”

“Her innocence?” Baxter scoffed. “I hadn’t pegged you as that naïve, considering your experience.”

Experience?

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