The sun began to go down behind the buildings across the street, casting long shadows across the floor. The two of them sat, holding each other, saying nothing for a while. Letting the silence give them peace. The kind of peace that seeps into the deep crevices of one’s soul.
After a while, Shane felt something furry rub up against his leg. Back and forth, making a figure-eight between his feet. Glancing down, he saw three pairs of eyes staring intently at him. “Baby?”
“Um hum,” she answered not moving.
“I hate like hell to move from this position, but we’ve got company and I think they want to be fed.”
On cue, Boo led the others in a chorus of “meows”, letting Annie know that they had reached the end of their patience for dinner.
Leaning away from Shane, she twisted around to look at them before swinging her gaze back to him. Suddenly the thought of the rollercoaster wasn’t so bad if it was Shane sitting on the ride beside her. Grabbing his face with her hands, she pulled him in for a kiss. Plunging her tongue in his mouth, she latched on as though she needed him for her very existence.
Growling, he angled her head for better access and plundered her mouth as well. For several minutes, the kiss took on a life-force of its own. Needy, possessive, untamed.
Pulling back, she once again looked into his face, a smile curving her lips.
Watching this, he smiled back. “Oh baby. Seeing you smile…pure, fuckin’ sunshine.”
Her smile reached her eyes as it grew wider, spearing him with its brilliance.
“Meeeooow.”
Wiping the rest of her tears off of her cheeks, she moved off of Shane’s lap saying, “Let me take care of them.” He followed her into the kitchen as she fed them. Standing at the sink, she felt him come up behind her, pressing her into the counter. The unmistaken bulge pressing into her ass as he placed his hands on either side of her had her panties begin to get wet. He leaned down, kissing her neck as he moved his hips back and forth against her ass.
Twisting her head around to look at him, she smiled. “I know you have to go for another week, honey, but are you telling me you have time for something first?”
“Baby,” he growled, “I will always make time for you. Sometime in the future our make-up sex might be in the kitchen against the counter, but not now. Tonight is about you and me and us. And we’re gonna do it in your bed.” And with that he took her by the hand and led her into the bedroom. Closing the door behind him, he looked down at Boo. “Not now, buddy. Right now, she’s all mine.”
Chapter 16
The next week went without incident and by Friday Shane headed back into the police station. Walking over to Matt’s desk, he plopped himself down in the chair. Matt looked up, a rare smile on his face.
“You done?” he asked.
“Yeah,” was the tired reply.
“You decide what you’re gonna do?”
Shane looked into his friend and partner’s face, knowing Matt was reading him like a book even though Shane had not indicated any plans other than coming back to the force.
“Been thinkin’ about how long I want to keep this up. Talked to Tony. He wants me to come work with him in his security business.” Tony Alvarez had been a former policeman, having graduated from the police academy with Shane and Matt. After a few years, he quit the force and opened Tony Alvarez Security, specializing in providing security systems. Shane had his suspicions that Tony’s company did a helluva lot more than just install security cameras, but had never confirmed that with him. He was just glad that Tony jumped at the chance to set up Annie’s system.
Matt nodded in agreement. “You’d be good in security. Money’s probably a shit-load better than this pension.”
Shane grunted. “Yeah. I just don’t know, man. My dad was vice. All I ever wanted was vice as well. Worked hard, made detective, then spent two years under. Now I’m back out and findin’ I’ve got a life that I want. And I don’t know that chasin’ drug dealers is what I want to do with someone in my future.”
Matt raised is eyebrow. “So it’s leaning that way?”
Shane leaned forward, looking directly at his friend. “Matt, it goes the way I want, I’m talking forever. Wife, kids, home. Everything. And I sure as hell don’t want anything gettin’ in the way of that.”
The two sat in silence for a moment, then Shane continued, “But I don’t like leavin’ if I’m not sure. So I’m gonna keep workin’ these cases with you, see how things go with Annie, and in a few more months, we’ll see how it goes.”