Page 51 of Be Ours

“Loretta’s coming home.”

I gasp. “What?!”

“I had to call her,” he shrugs. “I mean she’s a client after all. And there was a shootout at her damn house.”

I nod. I nervously chew on my lip. But Tanner’s smile relaxes me.

“She’s really excited to see you, Cora,” he says gently, taking my hand. “She thought your dad poisoned you against her or something, with you not reaching out to her.”

“What?!” I gasp in horror. “No! I just didn’t want her to be disappointed in me or my life.”

He chuckles. “Well, she knows you’re responsible for bringing down a corrupt chief of police and exposing a drug ring. I’m not sure how the hell she’d be disappointed in that.”

I blush deeply and roll my eyes. “That wasn’t me, that was—”

“No, that was all you,” Bishop growls. “That was brave, Cora. Really brave.”

“I had help,” I whisper shyly. I glance at each of them. They both take my hand, and I feel the heat throbbing inside of me.

“So what are…” I blush furiously. “What are we?”

“You wanna go steady?” Tanner grins.

I giggle. “So what, like boyfriend and girlfriend?”

“And boyfriend,” Bishop chuckles.

I giggle again, my face feeling hot. “Well, that sounds kind of scandalous.”

They both shrug.

“And who cares?” Tanner perks a brow and turns to Bishop. “Oh, fuck, forgot something else.”

Bishop chuckles. “I’m the one that got cold-cocked in the fucking head, right?”

Tanner grins. “You got a call, while you were passed out like a wimp.”

“From?”

“State police union.”

“Oh?” Bishop frowns. “So I’m out of a job, huh?”

“Yeah.”

My jaw drops. “What? That’s fucking insane! No! No fucking way are they firing—”

“You’re out of a job because they want to give you a new one,” Tanner finishes with a sly grin.

Bishop and I glance at each other. “What?” He growls.

“They want to give you a new job, apparently.”

He frowns. “What job is that?”

“Chief Leer, Santa Marina Police Department.”

My jaw drops. I grin widely as I turn to see a beaming Bishop.

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