A Second Chance (Fated Mate)(40)
He chuckled, “I’m sure it was all my fault.”
“It is! You put your babies in me and now look what happened. They hate me already. You don’t see Shana barfing, do you?”
“No, but I don’t exactly wake up with her in my bed, or even in my house. Retching is no big deal, it’ll pass.”
She knew he was trying to be comforting but, “If it’s no big deal then you can come spew with me big boy.”
He gave her a sympathetic look, “I’d take away everything bad from your world if I could.”
She gave a slight smile, rose from the ground, and rinsed her mouth. “Where’s the coffee?”
“You’re kidding right? You were just expelling the contents of your stomach and you want coffee?”
“Yes, I do. I need to call Decker back.” She picked up her phone and dialed.
When Decker picked up the phone he was making gagging sounds.
“Very mature, you’re such a charmer.”
“Sorry, I couldn’t resist. That didn’t take long.”
“I can’t believe you, no sympathy at all. So, I have news too. Someone tried to shoot me last night, but Conner took my bullet.”
“He doesn’t sound like he’s in the hospital to me. What kind of bullet was it? Pellet gun? Come on, I need details. You’re okay, right?”
“Someone shot us through the window and caught him in the shoulder, he’s a fast healer.” She wasn’t supposed to tell Decker about the whole shifter thing, right?
“It must have just been a graze, he’s lucky. Do you need to move again? My offer still stands, especially if I get some shower action too.”
She felt like retching again, “Eew, that’s like sucking off my brother. Not gonna happen.”
“I know, I kinda creeped my own self out with that one.”
“I haven’t talked to Conner about it, and seeing as this is his house I probably should. I’d like to stay here and fight it out, stop running, but it’s his decision. I wonder who beat up Big Eddie. I guess he’s just Eddie now.”
“I dunno but he looked pretty bad this morning. He had stitches to his head and his arm was broken. Anyway, he was bellowing and cursing as he left so I’m pretty sure he got in trouble, but I have no idea why. Someone at the station, in the file room, mentioned illegal phone taps and hidden trackers, but it’s all rumor.”
Conner walked into the doorway holding up a steaming cup of coffee.#p#分页标题#e#
“Hey, I gotta go and eat, call me if you hear anything else.”
“Sure will, take care.”
Looking at Conner, “Thank you so much. I need that.” She took the cup of coffee and sipped, “Yum, perfect.”
“I know I am, but how’s the coffee?” He grinned, “I hear your boss got fired, what happened?”
“No one knows, but Decker says he came in wounded. Had to get stitches and broke his arm.”
Conner grabbed her upper arms, “How?”
“Chill Conner, I didn’t do it. I have no idea, and he didn’t say anything. Could you let me go, you’re hurting my arms.”
He released her immediately, and began to rub her upper arms. “I’m sorry, Katie. Are you sure Decker didn’t say how he got hurt?”
“I would have remembered who hurt him because I would have sent them a Christmas card. What’s wrong?” He looked agitated.
“Last night the person who shot me got away, but before they left Grant got some good licks in. He was able to knock one man down and he clawed him. The other man shot at him, so Grant backed off. They got into a car and sped away.”
“Wow, I had no idea all that had happened after you got shot. Is Grant okay?”
“Yeah, the bullet went wide and missed him.” Conner sounded resigned “Maybe we should have our police call and make and official inquiry, based on last night’s events.”
“That’s a great idea. I’ll make breakfast while you contact Paul, that’s the name of the sheriff right? Put in a good word for me. When this is all done I want to stay, and maybe work here.”
Conner got an optimistic look on his face, “Really? You want to stay, with me?”
“Duh, you’re going to be my baby daddy. I can’t make you leave your family, especially when you made us this wonderful house filled with love.” She smiled, “Except Quinn.”
He laughed and picked her up and began walking to the kitchen. “What am I going to do with you?”
“Let me walk or I’ll get lazy.”
He sobered and put her down, “I’m really concerned about your old boss; I’m going to call Paul now.”