“I hear you, sister,” Ally said.
“Luke wouldn’t move in if he thought you were Vance’s woman,” Roxie threw in. “He doesn’t do that.”
“How do you know?” Tod asked.
“He told me,” Roxie answered.
“That seems an odd thing to share,” Jet entered the discussion, “especially for Luke.”
“It’s a long story,” Roxie said.
Everyone stared at her. With everyone’s gaze on her, she told us about how Luke told her he was interested if it didn’t work out with Hank and something about “Denver men being men”.
When she was done, everyone kept staring at her.
“That Luke sure gets around,” Stevie muttered.
“Boy needs to find his own woman,” May declared.
“You got that right, sister,” Jet said.
“Mm,” Ally murmured, her eyes had gone glazed.
“People, f**kin’ focus. I’m thinkin’ The Law ain’t here to talk girlie bullshit. What’s this about a furry pimp?” Tex barked.
“That’s over. Ike took him in. It took like thirty seconds for me to drop all three of them,” I said.
“Righteous,” Ally remarked.
“So what d’you need from us?” Tex asked. “Need a partner when you go out? Want to double up on maneuvers; you get seen harassin’ one dealer while someone else douses another’s car with vegetable oil? Get them all freaked out that The Law can be two places at once? That kind of thing?”
That wasn’t a bad idea.
I looked around the room and was surprised to see everyone’s face was eager (except Stevie who was staring at the ceiling looking like he was praying). “Well, actually, I did come here to talk girlie bullshit. See, I’m worried I’m a tease.”
I saw a couple of blinks but mostly blank stares.
“Excuse me?” Jet asked.
“Misunderstanding the whole make-up, break-up scenario with Vance. Kissing Luke,” I explained. “I don’t want them to think I’m jacking them around. I don’t want to be a tease.”
Everyone looked at me.
“Jay-sus,” Tex boomed then he got up, stalked behind the coffee counter and started banging on the espresso machine.
“How did you leave it with Vance?” Indy asked, ignoring Tex.
“He’s making me dinner after the powwow and after the ride-along with Luke I’m going to meet him at his cabin.”
“Ride-along with Luke?” Stevie asked.
“Yeah.”
“Vance know about the ride-along with Luke?” Stevie went on.
“Yeah, I explained Yoko Ono to him and to Luke, they understood.”
Indy, Ally, Jet and Roxie all nodded sagely, totally getting it. Daisy giggled again. Tod, Stevie and May gave me blank stares.