Page 34 of Love Undiscovered
Chapter 9
Chance
Kat is on her way in to the precinct to help me on a case. She hasn’t been around for a while, so I’m grateful to get her help again. Don’t get me wrong, she’s a real pain in the ass, but she’s smart and not remotely hard on the eyes.
I’ve called her a few times over the past few months, sometimes because I have a question or something I want to run past her about a case, and sometimes just because I miss her. We became good friends in a short amount of time after we met and I care about her. In fact, she’s one of my only friends in this little town outside of my other buddy, Alex.
I came to San Soloman a little less than a year ago as a favor to the mayor, an old family friend, and then just stayed. It’s actually a great place to live. I’ve got an apartment a block from the beach, I can run on the sand in the morning with my dog, Hudson, and anything else I need is within walking distance mere blocks away.
“What’s on the docket today, boss-man?” Kat asks as she breezes in.
“I do like it when you address me appropriately and with reverence,” I say with a grin.
“Pfft, in your dreams.” She rolls her eyes.
“You have no idea what you do in my dreams, Cookie.” I wink back at her.
She blushes slightly. “Uh, down boy, I’m engaged now. All-a-dis is spoken for.” She gestures to her body as she says it, and I have to laugh.
My phone rings, and it’s my buddy Alex.
“One sec,” I say to Kat.
“Hey, dude,” I say into the phone.
“Chance, you ready to lose our bet?”
“No way in hell that’s gonna happen, brother.”
“How’s Saturday work for you?”
“This Saturday? That works.”
“Cool, I’ll let you know as soon as we decide on a place and time.”
“Sounds good. Oh, and get your checkbook ready, cause if I...”
I look over at Kat to see if she’s paying attention, but I can’t tell. I tone down what I was going to say just in case. “If I tag it and bag it, man, you are payin’ up.”
“Nobody uses a checkbook anymore, bro.” Alex laughs.
“I use a checkbook.”
“You might be the only person.”
“How else do you write a check if you don’t use a checkbook?”
“Bank check.”
“Okay, cash then.”
“Why don’t we just wait and see if she’s even willing to go out with you again after Saturday.”
“She’ll want to.”
“We’ll see.”
“See you Saturday, man,” I say back at a normal volume and hang up.
