Sworn to Protect by Jo Davis

Author:Jo Davis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101609002
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2013-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

Shane was pretty well wiped out, and was sprawled in his easy chair, watching his favorite police drama—so what if the writers had the facts all wrong?—when his cell phone buzzed on the coffee table. Looking at the display, he saw it was Tommy. He almost let it go to voice mail, but then thought, Why not? It could be important.

“Hey, what’s up?”

Tommy’s cheerful voice sounded in his ear. “Just playing some pool and drinking some beer with a few of my old crew. Why don’t you come on over and relax for a while?”

“Man, that’s what I was already doing. Drew and I packed up his things at his house and brought them here, and it’s been a bitch of an afternoon.”

“Well, that’s exactly why you should come! Bring the kid, too. The guys would love to see you both.” Tommy paused, sensing his friend was on the fence. “Come on, big guy. Don’t sit home all alone on a Saturday night like an old man, ’cause that’s just freaking sad.”

Jesus, the guy was right. And it might help take his mind off how very different tonight was than this same night one week ago.

“All right. I’ll ask Drew, and if he wants to come, we’ll be over in a few. He might not, though—” He broke off when he saw Drew standing in front of him mouthing, Yes! “Never mind, we’re on the way.”

“That’s my man! See ya soon.”

Hanging up, Shane gave the boy a half smile. “I thought you were tired.”

“I was, but now I’m bored. It’s, like, way lame to sit around on a Saturday night.” This said like it was the end of the world.

“You sound like Tommy.”

“That’s who was on the phone?”

“Yep. Ready to go, then?”

He didn’t have to ask twice. Shane smiled at the teen’s exuberance when ten minutes ago he’d been moping in his room. Maybe a guys night out was what they needed.

The night was cool and it would’ve been a bit of a walk in the dark, so they drove down the road to Tommy and Shea’s place. Before they were even out of the truck, Tommy was on the porch, waving them inside.

“Thank God for you, or Shane would be one big party pooper, huh?” Tommy slung an arm around Drew’s shoulders, making the boy smile.

Seeing the kid happy was worth just about anything. Shane trailed them inside to the kitchen, where he found a couple of the firefighters from Tommy’s former team at Station Five. Howard “Six-Pack” Paxton had taken over as captain when Sean Tanner had been promoted to battalion chief in January. Shane had first met Six-Pack when the firefighter was being terrorized by a stalker, and Shane had been assigned to work the case. The huge man was raiding the chips and dip and sipping a soda. Six-Pack didn’t drink alcohol, but nobody cared. Shane thought that was admirable.

“Shane!” he called, moving forward to give him a one-armed hug. “Where have you been hiding?”

“Working, taking care of the place.

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