Cottage on Oceanview Lane (Emerald Cove Book 1) by Lilly Mirren

Author:Lilly Mirren [Mirren, Lilly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Lab Press
Published: 2020-03-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 23

Rebecca

"Don't touch my radio." Franklin's voice was abrupt and cold. Rebecca crossed her arms over her chest and peered out the passenger window of the police cruiser.

"Yes, sir." There was a hint of sass in her voice, though she tried to hide it as best she could. She knew going into police work she'd have to submit to authority, whether pleasant or painful, but it was beginning to make her skin crawl. She bit down on a further retort and pressed her lips tight together instead.

She'd worked at the Emerald Cove Police Station for almost three weeks now, and her boss had given her nothing but the cold shoulder the entire time. It was troubling to her that she'd yet to figure out if he was simply a jerk or if his bad attitude was particularly aimed in her direction. Given the fact that everyone else in the office seemed to worship at his feet, she had to go with the latter, though she couldn't imagine what she'd done in the brief time she'd lived in the Cove to tick him off so badly.

Neighbourhoods of small, square fibro houses flitted by the window. A dog barked up against a chain-link fence, straining at its tether to get at a trio of children who were riding past on their bicycles as fast as they could, standing on the pedals to pump past the animal with wide eyes and puffing chests.

She smiled at the sight, as it prompted a memory from her own childhood of sprinting past the neighbour's house every week to get to the local park, a dog nipping at her heels. It only ever followed her to the next intersection, then stopped to bark at her as she crossed the street. She'd spin back when she reached the other side, breath heaving in and out of her lungs, to study the animal with narrowed eyes. Then continue on her way, while it trotted back to its yard.

"When we get there, I want you to be particularly careful." Franklin interrupted her reverie and jolted her back to the present.

She nodded. "Okay."

"Domestic incidents are unpredictable, so be on your toes. Got it?"

"I've got it."

His mood seemed particularly curly today, his words almost a snarl from tight lips. She tried to think back over the morning to see if she'd done anything to trigger the foul temper he was in, but nothing sprang to mind. Apparently, her mere presence irritated him to no end. Well, there wasn't much she could do about that. Not yet, anyway. She had to be in Emerald Cove for now, had to keep her head down, do her time as a new recruit and stay out of trouble. Leaving wasn't an option.

She rested an elbow on the windowsill as the car jolted over a pothole, then pressed her hand to her forehead like a visor under which she could study her boss's profile without him knowing. She did it every now and then, trying to figure out the man she spent so many hours of each day seated beside.

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