THIRDS Volume Three: Books 7-10 (The THIRDS Collection Book 3) by Charlie Cochet

Author:Charlie Cochet [Cochet, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-02-16T22:00:00+00:00

FIVE

“Don’t look at me like that.”

Hudson popped a couple of Tylenol into his mouth and took a long swig of his bottled water. Nina was giving him that look. The “I can’t believe you did that” look. Apparently his workday was going to be as shite as the pounding in his head, but then he should have suspected as much, considering he’d started his day with a particularly gruesome autopsy. It was soon followed by phone calls and e-mails from a number of Therian solicitors who all believed their case was the most important case in the history of New York City and specifically wanted him to testify in court as their expert witness, not to mention were under the illusion Hudson was their personal circus poodle ready to jump through hoops on their command, because really, how long could a DNA analysis take? And surely cause of death could be easily determined by simply staring at a body long enough, and how dare he declare that piece of evidence contaminated—it had only been trampled on by four HPF officers, minimum.

He was waiting on a toxicology report, a ballistics report, had two subpoenas to sign off on—pending an inquest he had yet to do—an inbox filled with inquiries from dozens of agents from Unit Alpha, and was scheduled for two court appearances this week, one involving a defense attorney who wouldn’t piss on Hudson if he were on fire, all because Hudson dared to turn him down for a date. It wasn’t even lunchtime.

What he needed was another cup of tea and a bed he could crawl back into. What he didn’t need was a lecture from Nina. Last night he’d spent several hours catching up with Julia, and it had been wonderful, a ray of sunshine in his drab and cold existence. All right, that’s enough of that. He was done feeling sorry for himself. Too bad he wasn’t done with this blasted hangover. He’d been so swept up in his conversation with Julia, he’d forgotten to hydrate and was paying dearly for it this morning.

“What were you thinking?”

Hudson groaned as he took a seat behind his desk. He glanced at his tablet and the blinking blue light denoting freshly arrived e-mails, then promptly turned it over. Last time he checked his inbox, he’d wanted to howl mournfully and curl up on himself. “I was thinking, ‘Here’s a good-looking bloke who wants to dance with me. I’m pissed. Why not?’”

“You know that’s not what I’m talking about.”

Hudson cursed under his breath. “First Dex, now you. I don’t see what was so blasted terrible. Seb and I are not together, Nina.” He was clearly not going to get any work done until she said her piece.

“And who’s the one stopping that from happening?”

Hudson removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I’m not having this conversation.”

“You never want to have this conversation.” Nina flopped down into the chair across from him.

“Because it’s none of your bloody business,” he snapped.

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