Herd That by Lani Lynn Vale

Author:Lani Lynn Vale [Vale, Lani Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

My brother told me to have a good day. So I went home.

-Ace to Codie

Ace

“Hey,” I said softly to my brother-in-law. “Can you talk to Luke for me?”

Nico looked over at me with a raised brow.

“What for?” he asked curiously.

“A couple weeks ago, Codie put in her application to work at Kilgore Police Department as a crime scene tech,” I explained. “She hasn’t heard anything back, and I read in the newspaper today that the department was in desperate need of one. If they were really desperate, they’d have called her back at least.”

Nico frowned. “Really? You’re sure she applied?”

“One hundred percent,” I agreed. “I talked to her about it yesterday on the way home from the movies. She applied and hasn’t heard anything back.”

Nico frowned and pulled out his phone.

Seconds later his fingers were flying over the keys.

“I texted him, we’ll see what he…” He trailed off as his phone beeped in his hand. “That’s weird. He’s coming over.”

My brows rose.

“Luke’s coming over here?” I asked in curiosity.

Nico nodded.

I looked around his living room and grinned. “You gonna clean up?”

Nico looked at the mess his kids had left in his house and shrugged. “Luke has his own kids. I’m fairly sure he isn’t going to notice the crumbs on the couch.”

He was right.

Ten minutes after his declaration, Luke came in without knocking, walked to Nico’s fridge as if he’d done it before, and sat down on the couch with his beer, crumbs and all.

“You should probably vacuum before your wife gets home,” Luke suggested as he sighed and leaned his head back against the couch. “I’m so tired.”

I looked at the big blond man and grinned. “You look like you just got in a fight.”

“That’s because I did,” he sighed. “I’m off duty as of five minutes ago. I thought I’d use your bathroom to clean up so my wife doesn’t see me and freak out like she did last time.”

Nico snorted. “You’re more than welcome. I think your clothes are still under the sink from last time, too.”

Luke held up a thumb, then turned his head on the couch and looked at me. “You’re the guy who knows the woman who applied to be a crime scene tech?”

I nodded once. “Ace Valentine.”

I held out my hand, and Luke took it, shaking it once before dropping my hand.

“You have her number?”

I blinked. “Yeah. She’s mine.”

He grinned. “Let me take a shower. Can you call her over here and I can just interview her now?”

The surprise must’ve shown on my face because he grinned.

“I’ve been looking for a new crime scene tech for months,” he said, reading my thoughts. “As long as she doesn’t have a record, and she’s hard working, I’m willing to interview her.”

I shrugged. “She was a problem teen, but I don’t think she actually has a record,” I felt it prudent to point out. I didn’t want to call Codie all the way over here and get her hopes up if Luke didn’t know what he was in for.

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