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Zeke put an aruided her toward his cruiser “Hey! Are you just gonna let him take me off like this?” she called out to her friends

“Yes!” Shea and Pilar called back They both looked extremely pleased with themselves, as well as extremely drunk

“Some friends you are,” Mimi muttered She stuht of putting her in the back seat, but he was positive she wouldn’t appreciate it co when she remembered ent down Of course, he’d never seen Mimi this drunk before, so he wasn’t quite sure whether she’d remember it or not It wasn’t like her to lose control Not like this

He helped her into the front seat of the cruiser and strapped on her seatbelt “Don’t touch any of the buttons,” he warned

Her blue eyes flared “Oh!” She sat up straight, like she suddenly realized where she was “You’re taking me home in the police car! I’ve alanted to ride in the front seat of your police car”

He got behind the wheel and picked up the radio to check back in with dispatch “Ellie, I’ my break now so I’ll be off for the next thirty minutes”

“Roger that, Chief”

“Help!” Mi kidnapped!” Then her head slumped over like she’d fallen asleep What the hell had she had to drink?

“Is that Mrs Chief yelling in the background?” Ellie asked “Is she all right? She doesn’t sound like herself”

“Everything’s fine, Ellie,” Zeke said

“Um, okay If you say so, Chief Over and out”

The rest of the drive home was thankfully uneventful He pulled into the driveway to the house he no longer lived in, and killed the car lights Milanced around

“Where are we?” she asked, genuinely confused

“Home”

She pushed a strand of dark hair out of her face Sitting here in his cruiser with her hair alljeans and sneakers, she looked er than a thirty-five-year-old mother of two