Sinfully Sweet: Series Starters, #3 by KL Donn

Author:KL Donn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KL Donn

Chapter Eight

Arsen

I spent the entire weekend with Marina, taking her out, having her cook for me. Helping her pack. It was exactly what I’ve always pictured with that special woman but wasn’t convinced was in my cards. However, after this time together, I know she’s it. She’s the one woman I’m meant to spend my life with.

Leaving her last night after things got heated on her couch, was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. I was rock hard; she was needy and breathless. I had to recite the entire Nashville Predators roster to focus long enough to drive home.

My five a.m. wakeup call to a gruesome double murder wasn’t how I wanted to spend my Monday. Rod hadn’t been any happier when I called to wake him up after arriving at the scene, either.

Twelve hours later and we’re only getting back to the precinct after casing the scene, talking to witnesses, and stopping by the coroner’s office. We still have to notify both victims’ families before we can take any time to decompress.

“That was a brutal one.” Rod drops into his chair with a heavy sigh.

“Yeah. Worst I’ve seen in years,” I mutter as I walk to the coffee machine. I need fuel before I can even think of sitting down, or I may not get up again.

“Fuck,” Rod shouts as he jumps to his feet. “Emily’s on her way to the hospital.” He looks torn between duty and family.

“Get the fuck out of here,” I yell at him. “Call with an update!” He’s out the door and waving his hand as it swings shut.

“Daniels!” I hear barked from the captain’s office.

Walking over, I know what he’s going to want before I enter. A report. Answers. An arrest. None of which I have yet.

Knocking on his door, he bellows, “Come in!” Even though he knows it’s me, he still demands acceptance to anyone’s entrance.

“You called?”

“Status report on the double homicide.” The man is a demanding son of a bitch, but from what I’ve been told, he was one of the best back in his time.

“No physical evidence at the scene. Coroner is having castings made of the stab wounds. There were defensive marks on both victims, and we’re still waiting on the toxicology report.”

“So you have nothing?” he snaps.

I have to grind my teeth together. “Basically, yeah.”

“Spoken to the family yet?” He doesn’t even look up from the papers on his desk. The man is cold.

“On my way there now.”

“Get going.”

“Yes, sir.”

As I’m about to walk out the door, he calls out, “Detective, next time, tell your partner to stay until the work is finished.”

I don’t bother responding. He won’t take any type of excuse as acceptable. Nodding, I leave, closing the door behind me. Notifying parents that their child isn’t coming home again is the worst part of my job. I loathe doing it, but I’d rather it come from me than from a beat cop. I have the connection to their loved ones, not some nameless officer.

This is going to be one of the worst notifications I’ve ever had to do.

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