Searching for Love: Behind Blue Lines Series by Christine Zolendz

Author:Christine Zolendz [Zolendz, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Christine Zolendz
Published: 2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Brooke

Ryan had given me gasoline to drink, I swear. It was the worst tasting stuff I had ever put in my mouth, and unfortunately over the years, I have put a lot of horrible things in my mouth, that’s how bad it was.

I drank three anyway.

The fourth drink sat steady in my grasp. There was no way in hell I’d be able to swallow anymore of it down, so I just stared stupidly into its amber liquid.

Maybe it wasn’t the drink I couldn’t take.

Maybe it was the truth.

I looked up, my gaze slowly sweeping around his kitchen. It wasn’t any different than it was ten minutes ago, yet everything had changed, hadn’t it? For some stupid pathetic Brooke Fury reason, I thought maybe there was some sort of future between Ryan and me. Like I’d be able to just pretend I didn’t screw up my job and jump to the very next guy who looked my way.

I squeezed my eyes shut tightly. I was starving for love. I always had been, and probably always will be. All I ever wanted was someone to come home to—something my parents had—still have. Something honest and pure, something passionate and breathtaking, something real. I didn’t need a man for money or gifts, I wanted a man who would give me his time and his love, sweep me off my feet, and make me feel like I was part of this big beautiful thing. I wanted to fall in love with someone who didn’t make falling in love so damn messy.

“Why don’t you get some sleep?” Ryan said, pulling the drink out of my hands and placing it on the table.

I was so deep in my own head that I’d almost forgotten where I was.

I swept my fingertips across my wet cheeks, cursing myself for letting him see any vulnerable side of me.

“Go ahead, take my room. You’ll have some privacy. Tomorrow, we’ll go talk to Sergeant Kannon.”

“What? No,” I said, standing up and backing away. It would be easier to just get a transfer, rather than deal with the repercussions of telling anyone about Harris and me.

Ryan looked at me like I was crazy. “Harris Anderson took advantage of you.”

“But, he didn’t really, did he?” I stepped closer to him, trying to show him reason. “I was a very willing participant in that relationship, and the only person that is going to look bad is me.”

He stared back, angrily.

“Come on, Cage. He’s a Captain. So what if he’s married? He could spin a story about how cold his wife was, how they’re separated, whatever the heck he wants to say. But me? No matter what, I look like some stupid rookie who uses a mattress to climb my way up the ranks.”

“We’re going to Kannon tomorrow and telling him Anderson hit you. That he threatened you. That he’s been harassing you for weeks.”

With a wave of nausea, I realized my career was going to take one hell of a hit. I shook my head back and forth, trying to gather the words, the strength, anything.

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