Past Hurts (Sizzling Miami Book 1) by G Jessie

Author:G, Jessie [G, Jessie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Jessie G Books Inc
Published: 2020-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Davin

“You have some messages.”

He was sitting on the kitchen counter watching dinner cook when Alaric brought his cell phone in, handing it over with a very telling scowl. Though he was the one who made Alaric charge the damn thing, Davin wasn’t ready for what he knew would be there. Sure enough, despite orders to take two weeks off, there were several messages from the precinct.

He skipped down until he found one from his partner and hit redial. “Hey, it’s me.”

“Monroe!” Sully’s booming voice had him jerking the phone away from his ear. “We were about to call out a BOLO on you. No one’s heard from you in a week.”

“I’m out of town.” Wasn’t that the whole point of a vacation?

“Good, good. You needed some down time.”

“Uh huh.” If they thought he needed it so badly, then why were they bothering him? “So, what’s going on? You cleared yet?”

“I am.” Unlike him, Sully loved the job and it was clear in those two words. “Caught a case before my butt hit the chair. That’s why I called.”

“I’m out for another week, man.”

“I know, I know. The Captain said not to call, but I need that brain of yours.” And because Sully and he had been partners for a long time, he assumed Davin would be available despite Captain’s orders, just like he always was. “You remember that pedophile we picked up a few years back? Conroy?”

“Yeah, he liked little Latino girls. Always took a lock of their hair to remember them by.” Just saying it made his stomach roll and he was glad Alaric moved to the living room so he wouldn’t have to watch him while those words hung in the air.

“Well, they sprung him about three months ago. Overcrowding or some such shit. Now I got a two vics in the hospital who both describe Conroy as their attacker.”

“So, go pick him up.”

“Yeah, tried, he’s in the wind. I was hoping you’d remember some of his old haunts.”

It wouldn’t do any good to point out that all his notes would be in the case file or that Sully would be able to access them faster than he would remember. Being annoyed didn’t catch pedophiles. As he rattled off some possible locations, he could feel Alaric’s worry as if it were his own. If Alaric didn’t already hate that he was a cop, listening to this conversation would push him there. “That’s all that comes to mind, man.”

“That’s way more than we had to go on, Monroe. I’ll get some uniforms out there right away. Thanks, you’re a life saver.”

“Yep.” Normally, he’d ring off with an offer to call if he was needed, but Davin didn’t want to invite that call. “Was there anything else?”

“Nope, go back to vacationing and stop checking your phone.” It was funny advice from someone who called because he expected Davin to answer.

“I’m turning it off now.”

“Yeah.” Sully laughed. “As if I believed that.”

As the line went dead, Davin looked toward the living room where Alaric was openly watching him.

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