Hot as Sin (Contemporary Romance Box Set) by Katherine Lace

Author:Katherine Lace [Lace, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chief Pilsner is in his office when I get there, but he’s not alone. Curry’s already there, waving his arms and making a big hairy deal about everything.

“…how much money did he cost the taxpayers with that show?”

“Curry—” Pilsner starts, but Curry’s on a roll.

“He’s got to be out of his mind. You know he hasn’t been the same since she died—now he’s diverting equipment from actual emergencies to fish her cat out of his own damn tree?”

Chief catches sight of me standing outside his office door. “King,” he says, and Curry’s mouth snaps shut. “I’m glad you’re here. Come on in.”

I come in, shoving my hands in my pockets, ready to get dressed down like nobody’s ever been dressed down before. “Chief, let me explain—”

“Just have a seat, King.” He gives Curry a baleful side-eye. “You too, Curry.”

We both sit down. Curry is almost shaking, he’s so worked up. He pointedly refuses to look at me. Pilsner pushes to his feet.

“So here’s the thing,” he says. “No, it’s not the best thing to call out the trucks on your own cat.”

“I told you—”

“Shut up, Curry,” Chief snaps.

Curry shuts up.

“However…” Chief pauses, waiting to see if Curry will interrupt again. For once, Curry demonstrates some intelligence and keeps his mouth shut. “However,” Chief repeats, “that video has gone nuts on the Internet. Something like 200,000 shares on Facebook alone. People love it.”

Curry snorts in disbelief. “You have got to—”

“What part of ‘shut up’ did you not understand?” Chief growls. His attention shifts to me. “Every news station in the metro area wants an interview with you. I’ve got the media department for the district talking to the person who took the video—we want to buy the rights and put pictures up on our website. We’ve got donations pouring in from everywhere—even outside the state of Washington. This is a windfall for us, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to look a gift horse in the mouth, no matter how this came about.”

I glance sidelong at Curry, trying to fight back my own smirk. Curry’s face has gone scarlet. He’s so angry I can feel it coming off him in waves. There’s certainly no point bringing up the reason the cat was out in the tree in the first place, not after Curry’s been smacked down so hard. And he can’t very well claim credit for what happened, not without admitting he broke into my house.

“Would you believe me if I said it was my idea?” I ask Pilsner.

“No, King. I would not.” He hesitates, coming about as close to a smile as he ever does. “But if you did, good job. We’re going to be able to expand our educational programs, neighborhood outreach—you name it. Stroke of genius.”

I nod, grinning. “So…you said some people want to interview me?”

“Yeah. A lot of people.” He picks up the phone on his desk. “Let me get the PR department on the line so they can talk to you.”

With an incomprehensible but definitely angry sound, Curry gets up and storms out of the office.

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