what was going on with me. Hence the sigh that caught his attention almost immediately.
“I was thinking about things,” I admitted. “We’ll talk about them tomorrow or something.”
Sin stood up and caught my hand with his.
“We’re going,” he announced to the group. “Let us know if you have anything else on the man or the woman connected to the kidnapping case from today. We’re going home. It’s been a long day for her.”
We’re going home.
I had no idea how nice those words would be to hear.
“10-4.” Lynn stood up, but instead of his eyes going to Sin, they came to me. “I was one hundred percent serious about that job offer. I want you to take it. There will be benefits, and it’ll be a legitimate, actual job. Whether you work with him” —he gestured at Sin with his chin— “at the investigation business, or with me at my office alongside Beckham, I don’t care. They’re all under the same corporation. But one hundred percent, it’s a legitimate job offer. You have good instincts. Those same instincts saved a child’s life today, and regardless of how foolhardy your actions were today, they were good ones. Ones that changed the way that little girl will live her life. He was filling up the gas tank, Blaise. I don’t know if you know what that means but that was his last stop. If you hadn’t found her there, she would’ve been forever lost. Because these crazy motherfuckers know what they’re doing. They know how to hide and lay low. They know exactly what needs to be done to keep this out of the public eye. The world needs a few more people like you willing to take that chance on the children that are taken on a daily basis. And sometimes, they’re not nearly as lucky.”
I shuddered. “I’ll take the job, Lynn.”
He grinned then, his eyes going from me to Sin and back. “You should probably also tell your grandfather what’s going on. I have a meeting with him next week, and you damn well know that he’s going to ask about you since he knows you’re close to me. He’ll know that I know you’re here. And I’m not going to lie.”
His eyes were full of mischief then.
I groaned. “I’ll talk to them all tomorrow. I planned to go over for my dad’s birthday anyway.” I looked at Beckham, then at Zach. “Are y’all going?”
“Negative.” Beckham shook her head. “The last time I went down there, everyone gave Trouper the cold shoulder for half the day. I’m going to give it a few months for things to level out and them to get over whatever has their panties in a wad right now.”
That was a story for another time. Suffice it to say, Beckham and Trouper had never really gotten ‘approval’ for their relationship.
At least, they hadn’t had approval until lately.
“Next time, I want to see Hiro,” I ordered.
She grinned then. “Zach is bringing him back for me tomorrow. My parents have him.” Her eyes gleamed then. “Y’all could always bring him home. See what it’s like to have to deal with a baby on a long-ass road trip.”
Sin snorted. “As much as I’d like to say that’s a great idea, I have a feeling I’m not getting out of there easily. If you want to see your kid in a timely manner, you might want Zach to continue bringing him home. Let’s go.”
After a round of goodbyes from everyone, Sin once again led me to his bike.
A thrill went through me at getting on the back of it again.
Picking up the helmet that he used, he turned and placed it on my head, being sure to strap it down as best he could before stepping back to stare at me.
The day was just giving way to night, and we were in that in-between stage where the light was disappearing very fast, but you could still see fairly well.
And what I saw in Sin’s eyes made my breath hitch.
“Sin…”
“You scared the absolute piss out of me today,” he said.
I swallowed, not saying anything because really, there was nothing to say.
I’d scared the shit out of myself.
But, God.
The look in that little girl’s eyes?
I’d been a goner.
“I don’t want to ever experience that again,” he admitted. “On one hand, I want to run far and fast. I want to leave you behind and never look back.”
My heart started to pound at his words because I could hear the sincerity in them.
“Because maybe