Duty & Devotion by Tere Michaels

Author:Tere Michaels [Michaels, Tere]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction, Erotica, Contemporary, Romance, Adult, General
ISBN: 9781607377337
Google: UQnjbwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1607377330
Publisher: Loose Id, LLC
Published: 2010-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Which made him think about Jim kissing Matt, and then everyone in the place seeing it, and his brain took a detour into ugly.

He cleared his throat; he considering speaking but maybe that was like throwing a rock into a war zone and seeing who fired. Matt's head snapped to the side to shoot a dagger into the side of Evan's head.

“You promised,” he said simply.

Evan sighed. “I know. I know.”

“You're better than that—whatever the fuck that was back there.” Matt blew out a frustrated breath, his head turning back away from Evan. “They didn't deserve that.” Evan flinched.

“And you know what? Neither did I.”

The boom lowered. Evan's fingers tightened on the steering wheel.

His BlackBerry buzzed in his pocket. He welcomed the distraction of work as he recognized Helena's number.

“Hey, what's up?”

“Sorry to bug you, but I was out with Chris Callas from Midtown, and she got a call about a disturbance at the Muse Theatre.”

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“And…is this something that's going to end up on our desks?” Evan asked, motioning for Matt to lower the radio.

“No—but didn't you say Matt's friend was going to the opening night of the play there?

Chris said a retired cop took down someone who went after the actress.”

“Oh. Shit.” Evan glanced at Matt whose attention was drawn to the conversation. “Is everyone okay?”

“I guess so. Ambulance on site, but that's pretty standard.”

“We'll head over there. Thanks for the heads-up.”

“No problem. See you tomorrow.”

Evan hung up and began to pull off on the next exit ramp. “We should head back to the city. There was a problem at the theater where Jim and Griffin were going. Someone went after the actress.”

“Shit.”

“Exactly. And apparently your friend took the guy down.” Matt held onto the dash as Evan pushed the speed limit to get back to midtown. He was glad his badge was in his pocket.

The place was a madhouse when they pulled up. Evan flashed his badge at the cop directing traffic and got a wave-through. They parked on a side street, and Matt was leading the way, clearly forgetting he wasn't still on duty.

They worked their way through the onlookers, cops, and EMTs who were wandering around—not to mention the press throng that seemed to be multiplying by the second.

“Detective Callas?” Evan asked as he showed his badge to a uniform outside the yellow crime-scene tape.

“Yeah, in there.” The officer gave Matt a look and smiled. “Haight? That you?”

“Barney? Jesus, they got you on crowd control? Good to know the city is safe,” Matt grinned, shaking his hand warmly.

Barney shrugged. “Hey, I might even score an autograph for my son outta this. Not a bad night.”

“Everything under control?” Evan asked.

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“Yeah. Some guy off his meds went after the actress, and her bodyguard or someone took him down.”

“I heard it was a retired cop.”

“Guess so. Looks cop. Or military. He disarmed this guy before he got near her. We're just here to keep the press from swarming the place.” He shook his head.

“Listen, I know the guy in there—he's a friend.

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