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His cock twitched and started to thicken against his thigh at the e Fuck This is exactly what he'd told hi to do Still, his hand was in the air as he signaled to the waitress for two beers A minute later two ice-cold bottles of Bud were on the table

"You off the clock?" Leah asked as she lifted the bottle to her red lips and took a long s

"We're celebrating" Yeah, that almost sounded reasonable

"You didn't answer I know you're not in uniform because of the Rhinestone Cowboys, but you haven't been since I rolled into town"

He glanced down at his daily staple of white T-shirt and jeans "For all intents and purposes I'm off the clock as sheriff permanently"

"You quit?"

"I was acting sheriff after Sheriff Finnigan had a heart attack, but I lost the election to take it on full time"

It had been the best and worst day of his life all rolled into one The truth was he needed to get out of Catfish Creek His h sobriety under her belt to not need hi over her Scratch that What she really needed was to have the confidence to watch out for herself and kick his cheating ass father to the curb

Leah's already big eyes went buggy "Who wouldn't vote for you?"

He laughed and took a sip of cold beer "All the folks pissed that I wouldn't let little Ji, routine violations and other bullshit"

"Didn't they realize they were appointing Mr Law and Order?"

The way she said ita cape and a e made him crack a suess they thought those rules only applied to some folks"

"Wow," she said with a chuckle "You must have made them nuts"

Now that was the understatement of the year "Yep"

"So what now?"