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waist as she cried into my neck. I saw headlights approaching and let out a sigh of relief to see Catalina’s car. “Cat’s here, sweetness.”
I carried her to Cat’s car just as she stepped out of the car. She gently slid Nova’s hair off her cheek. “How are you, baby?”
“Mama’s hurt.”
“I know.” Catalina smiled gently. “We’re going to find out what happened and take you to Auntie Posey’s okay?”
She shook her head. “I want to stay with Shutter.”
I met Catalina’s eyes and frowned.
“I want Mr. Diggles,” Nova continued.
I covered her ears. “This fuckin’ pig’s turnin’ out to be a pain in the ass.”
Cat squeezed my arm. “Let me see what I can do. Maybe my uniform will get me in the door.”
“Down the hall, second door on the right,” I directed, and she headed back toward the apartment.
* * *
Catalina
I took a deep breath and walked through the emergency people like I was supposed to be there. Luckily, most of the people there knew me, so when I got to the front door, the only one who tried to stop me was my brother.
“This is a crime scene now,” Nolan said. “You can’t come in.”
“I need to get a few things out of Nova’s room, NoNo. Surely, that won’t disturb anything. Can you help me do that?”
“I could lose my badge, so, no.”
I turned slightly, so my back was now toward the entrance. “If I just happened to…” I took off down the hall before Nolan could stop me.
“Damn it, Cat!” he growled, but I was too far away to stop him.
I had never been to Darlene’s place before, but with Silas’s direction, I found Nova’s pink palace quickly. I went straight to her closet and found a backpack on the floor which I set on her bed and raced through her drawers to grab clothes and shoes, then grabbed the pig and a few other toys, then made a run for the door just as a cop came stalking toward me, looking pissed as hell.
“No unauthorized individuals are supposed to be in this house.”
“Right, sorry—”
“Cat?”
I glanced up and let out a quiet breath. “Oh, hey, Mike.”
Officer Mike Hollings was a man I’d had a lot of contact with and met a handful of times. He was obviously good looking, but he was also kind of a dick.
“What are you doing here?” he demanded.
“I got the call. Uh, I sort of know the little girl who lives here, so I wanted to make sure she was okay.”
“She’s not here. She’s outside.”
“Oh, thank god,” I breathed out, playing dumb.
“You know you shouldn’t be here.”
“Yes. Uh, sorry. I was just really freaked. You know, it was a child, so it kind of freaked me out,” I stuttered out.
“You’re supposed to leave your job at the office, Catalina,” he admonished. “I have a mind to contact your supervisor.”
I scowled up at him. “Her name is Melonie Yates. Go for it. Excuse me, I’m going to see if I can check on the little girl.”
I made a break for the front door, realizing he hadn’t said anything about the fact I was carrying a child’s backpack and stuffed pig.
Jesus, he was an idiot.
I had just cleared the front door when an arm wrapped around my waist from behind and I was lifted off my feet. “What the—?”
“It’s me,” Nolan said, and I relaxed as he set me down out of sight of the squad cars. “That was fuckin’ stupid.”
I faced him. “I got what I needed. Mike didn’t even notice I had taken anything out of the house.”
“Well, you better get out of here before he does.”
“Okay. I’ll see you later.”
I rushed back to my car and handed Nova Mr. Diggles. She wrapped her arms around the pig and leaned against Silas.
“You’re a fuckin’ rock star,” he whispered.
“I got her some clothes as well. I couldn’t grab much, but I got what I could.”
“Thanks, baby.”
“I don’t have a booster for her. This is a problem.”
Silas frowned. “It’s not far. I’ll pick one up for her tomorrow.”
I sighed. We didn’t really have a choice, so I nodded. “You want to follow me to Posey’s?”
“Yeah,” Silas said. “We’ll sort everything out while we’re there.”
After buckling Nova into the back seat of my car, we took off for Posey’s. I had no idea what her future was going to bring, but I was determined to help however I could.
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