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Leduc glanced behind rinned and started shaking his head He gave otten from a few of the police officers at home when they met some of the wo” I kneas a coet

“Well, now, can’t argue that, but that ” Leduc’s eyes narrowed to nicely skeptical cop eyes “You going to be too distracted to do your job?”

“I deserve that, but I proet a break in the case”

“You said the big guy was your mistake, so why kiss the others if you knew better?”

Then I lied, and I took a chance that a long- that you only learned if you dated women “Some version of ‘if you loved me as much as you love hihouse with tomen”

My ansasn’t strictly true Angel wasn’t that serious about e She saw herself as serving her queen, me She’d volunteered and pursued the relationship, but she still wouldn’t push that much But I couldn’t explain all that to Leduc I could explain trying to keep the women in your life happy

“But you’re a woman, too, Blake”

“Trust me, what sex I am doesn’t matter at all, only theirs”

“So, what if they get their feelings hurt and needto distract you from the case”

“I’ to make it really clear that this is the one and only PDA for this trip, and if they can’t understand that, then I’ll be in the doghouse e get home”

“I can’t quite picture a wohouse the same way that a man ends up there”

“Trusthis nicknahouse doesn’t care if you’re male or female”

He frowned at h to stay out of trouble”

I shook my head “Maybe, but I’m not”

He s around, but that’s not it That’s casual, and casual doesn’t give people the power to make you do stupid shit like you just did”