Beyond the Badge: Finn (Blue Avengers MC Book 2) by Jeanne St. James

Author:Jeanne St. James [St. James, Jeanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Double-J Romance, Inc.
Published: 2023-02-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Finn came to an abrupt halt just inside the door of The Peach Pit and took in the two women. One blonde, one brunette. Both beautiful as fuck.

Since the gun on his ankle would set off the metal detector, he didn’t go any further. To avoid that, he would’ve entered through the employee door but when he tried it, it was locked.

While that was a good thing for the women’s safety, it wasn’t so good for him.

“I’m so sorry about your mom!” exclaimed the dark-haired hostess, rushing over from behind the counter and through the metal detector to give him a breath-robbing hug.

He blinked. What?

From over Sapphire’s shoulder as she continued to squeeze the stuffing out of him, he saw Mel come over to stand slightly behind the hostess. She bugged out her eyes at him in a silent message. One that made him realize Mel must have made up some sort of story. Unfortunately, he had no idea what it was.

His eyes sliced from Mel back to Sapphire as the woman pulled away.

“Oh… Thanks. It’s been… difficult.” A warning, even by text, would’ve been nice so he wouldn’t have walked into an unknown situation.

Mel gave him a thumbs up and a grimace.

“I can only imagine. Well, hopefully she’s not in too much pain.”

For fuck’s sake. “Fortunately, she’s not.”

“Oh, that’s a relief.”

As soon as Sapphire went back through the metal detector, Mel swapped places with her. She grabbed him by the elbow and turned him toward the door. “Phire, can you keep an eye on things for a few minutes? I need to grab some fresh air.”

“Of course. Take your time.” She gave them an exaggerated wink.

He raised his eyebrows at Mel and only received a slight shake of her head in response before she shoved him out the door. She kept them moving until they were far away from the entrance.

When she finally stopped, they stood at the corner of the building in the shadows where no one could overhear them.

“Hello, girlfriend,” he greeted, then leaned in and pressed his lips to her cheek. “So, what was that about?”

“Let me preface this by stating that I hate lying to my friend and best employee.” She blew out a breath. “To set up the whole dating scenario, I told her we hooked up last night and we’re going to see where things go between us. I also instructed her to not confiscate your phone when you come in. However, when she balked at that, I had to quickly come up with an excuse. Other than the real reason, of course. I explained your mother’s very ill and her nurse needs to be able to contact you at a moment’s notice.”

He narrowed his eyes on her. “How sick?”

“Like hospice-type sick.”

Damn. “While that’s a good excuse, my mother would most likely disagree. Did you tell her with what? I don’t want to be caught off guard if she asks me any questions.”

“No.”

It kind of creeped him out to say this but…

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