“She’s right, you know,” Luke said once Kay and Kitty had left the warehouse.
I watched the door, willing my legs to not go after her. I needed to give her time and space, but all I wanted to do was hold her, touch her. That wasn’t what she needed right now and I was constantly reminding myself of that.
“You really think Serena is behind all of this?” Evan asked, his incessant typing stopping for just a moment.
“I don’t know,” I said, squinting my eyes at him and shaking my head. I walked back to my chair and slumped down in it. “I think it’s too much for her to do on her own. I don’t think she’d do that to girls, not after what she went through.”
If Kay knew what Serena had gone through as a teenager, then she probably wouldn’t have been so quick to think that she could be behind it. But she didn’t know, not many people did. I only knew because it was me who picked up the piece’s every time.
“So, where do we go from here?” Luke asked, leaning back in his chair and chewing on the end of his pen.
I could see the fire burning behind his eyes, he didn’t like Serena being back in town. He hadn’t liked her from the first time that he met her, but at the time, I didn’t know why. He told me after I left her that it was because she had come on to him. When he told her no, she threatened to tell me that it was him that had come on to her.
“We need to find out where she is, start to follow all of her movements.” I leaned my head back, blowing out a deep breath.
“Will Kay like that?”
I brought my head back up, my eyes moved to Luke and I raised my brows at him. “It’s the job.”
Shrugging, he pushed back in his chair and stood, “Just asking, boss.”
Hanging my head in my hands, I stayed at the table as Evan and Luke went about their work day. I had so many things to do but all I wanted was to go to the house and talk to Kay. Time. I had to keep remembering that.
Pulling my hat off my head, I stood and walked over to the office. I had to get out of here, I needed some space too. Shoving my arms into my jacket and putting my hat back on, I picked my keys up and walked through the warehouse.
“I’ll be on my cell today,” I said to Evan as I walked past him.
Keeping my eyes on the house as I went to my car, I looked for Kay. I thought she might be on the porch. That’s where she usually went when she needed time to think, but she wasn’t there, which meant she was still inside. Kitty still hadn’t come back to the warehouse so at least I knew she had someone to talk to.
Hesitating, my feet took a step in the direction of the house. Shaking my head, I stepped back and jumped into my truck. I started the engine and span out of there, heading straight for the precinct to see Charlie.
It only took about ten minutes to get there, the compound was out of the way from any other houses and completely out of town, just how I preferred it. It wasn’t too far from the town center, close enough to still be a part of the community, but far enough away not to be disturbed.
Parking outside, I pushed my keys into my pocket and pulled my coat around me tighter to ward off the chill in the air.
“Good morning, Mr Mackenzie,” Geena said when I came through the main doors.
“Mornin’, Geena.” I leaned against the front desk and smiled wide, making her blush.
Geena was a kind woman, curvy and full of life. She looked like the motherly type but there was a wicked gleam in her eyes; the fun kind. I always loved to hear her jokes, she really did make the whole place brighter. She wasn’t much younger than me. I’d never asked because you just don’t ask a woman that shit. But, if I was to guess, I’d say she was in her early twenties.
“Here to see your brother?”
“Yeah.” I crossed my arms and waited as she dialled upstairs to get Charlie. Waiting and watching the cars go past, I scanned the main area to check out how many people were waiting to be picked up. You could always tell how busy they were by how many people were sat waiting. Looked like today was a slow day. There was always the same guy, obviously homeless, that sat in the corner to get in from the cold.
A couple of minutes later, the side door beeped and he appeared. “Geena.” He nodded in greeting and winked at her.
He swung his face to me. “I’ve heard.” Stepping back, he waved me inside.
Charlie was the eldest of all of us, and as the eldest, he always knew everything that was going on. He had eyes and ears everywhere but still not as many as me. But together, we had the widest network around. Most of the time I hated that he always knew what was going on, but this time, I was glad that I didn’t have to explain the whole situation to him.
“I don’t know what to do,” I grunted as I walked into his office and sat down.
“Do you know why she’s back?” he pushed the door shut and sat behind his desk. I turned to face the wall of windows that looked out onto the main room, able to see all of the other officers and detectives sat at their desks. They were all milling about, looking at the main board that had pictures of all the missing girls on. This wasn’t just a case for us, it was a case for the P.D. as well.
“Haven’t got a fuckin’ clue,” I said. “If I knew why she was back, then I wouldn’t feel so out of control.
“And Kaylee?” He raised a brow. “What does she think of all of this?”
I’d denied to Charlie that me and Kay were together at first. From the moment that we took that step further, he was the first person that I told. He wasn’t just my big brother; he was also my best friend.
He’d told me that I was in for a world of pain when Corey found out, but I didn’t give a damn. She needed to be shown what a real man could do for her, how she should be treated and I would try my best to be that man. But after this weekend, I was doubting myself.
“Shit, man.” I leaned back in the chair, blowing out a breath. “I didn’t even tell her about Serena.”
“Thought as much.” I flicked my eyes to his, knowing that he didn’t like this one bit. “What you gonna do?”
“Watch her? Keep tabs on her?” That was all I could do. I needed to treat it like any other case. Treat her like any other suspect and not as my wife. Ex-wife. Was she even that? She still hadn’t signed the papers so technically we were still married. I needed to get that shit sorted, and soon.
“You think she’s involved in all of this?” He asked, waving his hand to the board in the main room.
“I don’t know, after what happened with her dad?” I shook my head. “I’d like to think not.”
Nodding, he leaned forward. “Forget who they are, forget about how Kay might feel about it. You need to work this case like you would any other.”
He raised his brow as I said, “I know.”
“Those girls are still out there,” he reminded me.
I needed to keep that in the front of my mind. Whatever was going on in my life, there were still girls out there who had been taken and we didn’t have a clue where they were or who had taken them.
“Now, we need to sort a meeting out. All of us, gather all the information that we’ve all got and go over it all together. We need to find them.”
“Thursday,” I murmured. “Compound at nine.”
“See you then.” He nodded.
I pushed up out of the chair and pulled the door open, walking through the precinct and handing the homeless man a couple of bucks before I left.
I had to sort this with Kay and then I could focus on the case.
Me and Kitty spoke for a couple of hours before she had to get back to the warehouse. She apologized over and over again for not telling me, breaking some kind of girl code, she kept saying.
I understood, for how upset and angry that I had been, I really did understand why she hadn’t told me. It wasn’t her place; it was none of their places.
If someone had told Ty about my past I wouldn’t have liked it, so I was sure that he wouldn’t have either.
It wasn’t that I was jealous. Well…Okay, maybe I was a little jealous. She had him in a way that I never would and that was harder to swallow than I liked to admit.
The fact that they thought it was only Daley that was behind it really annoyed me. Don’t get me wrong, it was totally possible that it was him. But to just push aside the possibility that it could be her as well? That wasn’t what we should be doing, we should be looking at all avenues and making a decision that was based on facts, not on personal feelings.
My head was spinning and when Kitty went back to the warehouse, I went out to the porch swing. I loved coming out here, the air that swept through the trees calmed me, but at the same time, I felt safe sitting out here while still being in the middle of the compound.
I sat on the swing for over half an hour before I heard the whirl of the compound gates opening. Seeing Ty’s truck pull up outside the warehouse had butterflies swarming in my stomach. He stepped out of his truck, his eyes finding mine immediately. I smiled, letting him know that I was good.
His face was taken over by the smile that he returned as he sauntered toward me. His jeans pulling at all the right places on his legs and his arms straining in the sleeves of his t-shirt. I was fascinated with watching him walk, it was such a small thing and something that I never thought I would find mesmerizing. But I did.
“We need to talk,” he said as he walked up the steps. Nodding, I moved over on the swing, making space for him.
“Yeah, we do.”
“Look, I know that it ain’t easy.” He pulled his hat off his head and leaned forward, his arms resting on his legs. “But we need to find those girls.”
“We do.” I nodded and placed I my hand on his back. “It’s just that we need to explore all possibilities. We don’t know what’s going on, and I know that she’s your wife-”
“She’s not my wife,” he growled and turned to me.
“Okay.” I swallowed, my hand rubbing his back unconsciously. “But-”
“No, Kay.” He sat up and turned, his hand coming up to cup my face. “Whatever happens, know that I’m on your side. I will always be on your side. You’re it for me, sweetheart.”
I swallowed at the intense look in his eyes. “Always?”
“Yeah, always,” he whispered, his eyes dipping to my lips.
“Let’s just find those girls,” I said, my chest rising and falling harder as he stared at me.
“Yeah.” His eyes flared and I tracked his tongue as it came out to lick his lips. We both moved closer and met half way.
Moaning when his lips met mine, my hand fluttered up to his arm, clutching at his bicep. He was soft at first, testing, teasing. His hands moved down to my butt, deepening the kiss as he pulled me onto his lap, his erection digging into my hip.
I did that, I made him feel like this. There was no feeling in the world like that, knowing that you were wanted.
Sparks flew as his tongue met mine, he gripped my butt harder as he stood, my legs wrapping around his waist automatically. I felt my skirt rising up my thighs but I didn’t care, instead I just held on tighter.
Pulling back slightly, I murmured. “We have to get Eli in an hour.”
“Then we better make use of that hour.” He smirked, pushing open the door and flipping the lock behind us.
He lay me down on the couch, his hands running down the length of my legs.
“Are we not going upstairs?” I asked, the heat on my face rising at the thought of doing it here. Anyone could walk over at any time, look through the windows and see what we were doing.
I watched his chest lift with his hard breaths, my eyes taking in the length of him. He was magnificent, chiseled to perfection and when he pulled his hands to the edge of his t-shirt and pulled it up and over his head, I couldn’t stop the groan that came out.
He crouched down and rested on his knees, gripping my legs and spinning me around. Goosebumps trickled over my whole body as he caressed my skin and pushed my skirt up to my waist.
“Not enough time,” he said, his voice deepening with his lust. He pulled my legs open and looked down, his eyes almost turning black with arousal.
“Ty,” I croaked as he moved his hand around to my bare butt, bringing me even closer to him.
“Fuckin’ perfect,” he said on a breath, bringing his nose between my legs and inhaling. “You won’t be needing those.” He smirked and ripped my panties clean off me and threw them over his shoulder.
His eyes didn’t leave mine as he leaned down, his tongue licking the length of me. I relished in the feel of his fingers that were holding onto me with a bruising grip.
My hand went straight to his head, gripping his hair. I didn’t know whether I wanted to push him away or pull him closer.
“Ty…It’s too-”
“Watch me,” he said when he pulled back.
I squeezed my eyes tight, not wanting to see what he was doing.
“Sweetheart…” He chuckled. My eyes clashed with his when I opened them. “Watch. Me.”
I watched as his tongue came out and he licked me from top to bottom, the sensation out of this world. But coupled with watching him do it, made it all the more intense. His mouth closed over my clit, taking my nub and sucking.
“Oh, oh…”
He groaned, the sensation vibrating through me. His licks becoming longer and faster, sucking every few licks to soak up my juices. Squirming, I couldn’t get enough, thrusting to meet his licks, while pulling on his hair.
“I…I’m close,” I gasped.
He sucked harder, pulling me even closer and moaned, the vibrations throwing me over the edge. I threw my head back as I moaned his name, my back going ramrod straight as the orgasm ripped through me.
I didn’t get the chance to catch my breath as he pushed inside me, slowly. Making me feel every inch of him. I met his eyes as he pulled all the way out and pushed back in again.
His head tilting back as he groaned my name.
I could feel every ridge of him as he pushed back in. Wrapping my legs around his waist, I pulled him closer. My nails digging into his tense ass as he hit that sweet spot.
“I can never get enough of you,” he gasped, pushing back in, faster this time. I clenched as he hit that spot again, knowing that it wouldn’t be long before another orgasm rolled through me.
“Ah, fuck. I can’t last much longer when you do that,” he said as my pussy clenched around him again.
I giggled at the look on his face, I could tell that he was holding back. I didn’t want him to hold back. I wanted him to go faster, harder.
“Fuck me.”
“What?” He stopped thrusting, looking down at me with wide eyes.
“I said. Fuck. Me.”
“Sweetheart-”
“No.” Shaking my head, I gripped his butt harder. “I won’t break Ty, Fuck me. Hard.”
“Are you sure?” His Adam’s apple bobbed as he looked at me, his eyes moving to where we were connected.
“Yeah,” I clenched around him again. Closing his eyes, his arms tensed beside me.
When he opened them back up, they were full of desire, even more than before. He moved his hand to my hip, the other leaning on the couch beside me, getting the traction that he needed before he rammed inside of me.
So hard and fast that I squealed. My pussy clenched around him again, this time for longer as sparks started to fly. I nodded to urge him on when he stopped, asking if I was okay. My eyes fluttered shut from all the sensations.
Pumping inside of me, each time hitting that spot, meant it didn’t take long before I was screaming his name for a second time.
“Fuck, Kay.” He groaned, pulsing inside me as he found his release. He leaned forward his face burrowing into the crook of my neck.
We stayed like that for several seconds until I looked down and couldn’t hold in the giggle that bubbled up my throat.
“What?” He lifted his head, smiling at me.
“I’m still dressed.” I smirked.
Chuckling, he pulled back. “I can change that.” He wiggled his brows up and down.
“Ty…” I snorted. “It’s nearly time to get Eli.”
“Tonight,” he said, pulling out slowly.
A promise, not a question.