A Second Chance (Fated Mate)(34)
“Katie and Conner sitting in a tree…”
“I swear to God, if you were here right now I’d Taser you. Please focus, some more stuff has happened down here, I need your help.”
“Are you safe?” Just like that, his switch was flipped to cop mode.
“Yes I’m safe. What have you heard?” Conner was sitting next to her on the bed, attempting to contain his laughter.
“Just bits and pieces, nothing about the upcoming trial. What happened?”
Katie sighed, “Well according to Conner, someone pushed our car off the road, and then he brought me to…uh, a safe place and someone threw a bottle at the front door. It had random pictures of us in it, and one picture of me in my underthings.” She was blushing, and it was the most beautiful thing Conner had ever seen.
“What kind of pictures of us? That doesn’t make any sense.”
“Pictures of us at the office, I told you random. In one you were at your desk and I had my hand on your shoulder, the other we were in the hall at work hugging.” She suddenly got to thinking, “Hey Decker, have you talked to Big Eddie lately?”#p#分页标题#e#
“Yeah, he’s been a real prick. He called me into his office and asked if anything was going on between us. Why?”
“He just called my cell, demanding to know where I’m at. I didn’t tell him and to be honest I plan on quitting; you should to.”
“First things first, were you dating him?”
“Who?” She was genuinely confused.
“Big Eddie, you are dense sometimes.”
“No way was I ever dating him, that’s asinine. Why would you ask me that? You know damn well he freaks me out.” Eew, she got the heebie jeebies just thinking about it.
“Big Eddie implied that if we were dating, I should step back. I thought it was odd because we’ve never been, ya know, together and maybe he didn’t want relationships in the workplace. But he’s been asking a lot about you since the fire.”
“No, I never dated him. Yuck. He did come on to me pretty strong once. Remember when he was wearing that wrist splint?”
Both Conner and Decker chuckled.
“It wasn’t funny. It was very traumatic; I had to go home and shower twice that night just to get his stench off me. I still didn’t feel clean.” Katie didn’t like where this conversation was going.
“Why didn’t you ever tell me? Never mind, I know why. Because you can take care of yourself. Would it hurt to let someone help you?”
She grinned at Conner and said, “No, it doesn’t hurt, I’m sorry.”
“Holy crap, did you just apologize? Lordy, the world just stopped turning.”
“Funny, you’re a riot. Listen, I feel like something’s going to go down, so watch your back. I don’t know why all this stuff is happening. It’s all very random and most of it is non-violent. Keep your eyes posted.” She was about to disconnect when she heard, “wait,” called through the phone.
“What now Decker?” She knew she was being impatient, but she wanted to finish eating and go to sleep.
“So, this Conner’s a good guy, and you’re happy?”
“Yes, to both. He’s great, and if he can put up with me I plan on staying. Goodnight Decker.”
She disconnected the phone, and looked sideways at Conner who was hip to hip with her on the bed. “Now that that’s all taken care of let’s eat, and then hit the sack.”
“Want me to warm up your food?”
“No, I’d probably be asleep when you came back.”
Chapter 13
Katie ate while Conner explained the complicated security system. She had just finished putting her jammies on, and was brushing her teeth, when her cell phone rang again. “Who is it now?”
Conner looked at the screen and said, “It’s Shana at pack house. Do you want me to answer?”
At her nod he picked up. “Hello Alpha.”
“Thank God I got a hold of you. Trevor won’t go to bed without speaking to you. Here…”
There was a moment of silence before Conner heard a small voice, “Hey Uncle Conner, do you have a door to a basement?”
Okay, straight to the point. “Yes, little guy, I have a basement. You were in it once. Remember when we went down there to the extra freezer, for ice cream for your mommy.”
“Yep, I remember. Put a lock on it. Oh, and something that will alarm if it’s opened. Kay, loves you, and don’t forget I’m a big boy now, I’m in kindergarten. Nighty night and tell Katie I said ‘Yo.’”
Conner was aware of a little giggle before the phone cut off.#p#分页标题#e#