“No, sir,” Mackenzie answered firmly.
“Good,” he said and turned his attention to Coal. “You and Mackenzie are friends. You knew her stepfather just died and you went over to check on her. When Tristan answered the door, you could hear Mackenzie calling for help but he refused to let you in and then physically attacked you when you started to call the police. You got the upper hand, knocked him out, and called the cops.”
“Got it, Prez,” Coal said with a sly grin.
“All right, let’s get this shit done,” Copper said and got to his feet.
***
I pulled into my garage surprised to see River’s car gone. She hadn’t mentioned going anywhere, though I hadn’t exactly been around for her to tell me.
I called her while I was walking into the house. “Hey, baby. Where are you?” I asked when she answered.
“Uh, I’m with your mom,” she said sounding uncomfortable.
“Oh. What’re y’all doing?” I asked curiously.
“Um, she needed to do some shopping and asked me if I could drive her.”
“Okay. You going to be much longer?”
“I don’t think so. Why?” she asked.
“A lot happened today and I want to tell you about it.”
“Okay. Your mom’s checking out now, so I shouldn’t be much longer. Do you want us to come there first?”
“No, just come home when you’re finished. I need to get a shower and find something to eat first anyway. I’ll see you when you get here,” I told her and disconnected the call.
I got the feeling her and my mother were up to something, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what it could possibly be.
Chapter Forty-Three
River
Leigh was already packing up her stuff before I got off the phone with Jonah. “Thank you so much for helping me today. I can’t believe how much we were able to accomplish,” she said excitedly as I drove her to her house.
“Thanks for asking me. I really needed something to do to keep my mind off of things and this was perfect.”
She smiled knowingly. “I’m glad I could help. If you need anything, all you have to do is ask.”
I found Jonah on the sofa in a pair of drawstring pants, no shirt, and sound asleep. I was slightly jealous at how effortlessly sexy he was. My eyes were making their third or fourth pass over his body when his eyes popped open and his lips curved up in a sleepy smile.
“Were you watching me sleep?” he asked.
“No, I was eye-fucking you while you slept,” I confessed causing him to burst into laughter.
He sat up and reached for me, pulling me onto his lap. “Sorry for ditching you today, but some stuff came up with the club that I had to deal with and it took much longer than expected.”
I sighed. “Jonah, I don’t expect you to spend every waking second with me, and quite frankly, I don’t want you to, but a quick text or phone call would be nice.”
“Sorry, baby,” he said and nuzzled my neck.
Despite how much I wanted him to continue his ministrations, since I had a good idea of where they were headed, my curiosity won out. “What did you want to tell me?”
He grinned against my skin. “You really want to know now?”
“Yes,” I said. “Is it about my case?”