In the Teeth of the Wind
“He could see the frustration on the other man's face building higher and higher with each pass. A slow, mirthless smile twitched at his lips and he let the drape fall back over the window.
"Still there?" Rhianna asked as she brought a suitcase in from the bedroom.
"Don't worry 'bout it," Trip answered. "You got everything?" Rhianna looked around, spied a book she'd been reading and added it to a canvas tote bag filled with odds and ends. "Yeah, I think so." "You can get a restraining order, you... know," Trip told her as he hefted her suitcase. "Jace and Dave heard him threaten you." She nodded. "If it comes to it, I will, but C.C.'s mostly bluster. I trampled his ego and he's just pissed." She draped her shoulder bag over her arm. "He'll get over it." Trip wasn't so sure. He'd been in the precinct house the night Loreen Raye had come in to file a complaint against the detective. Rhianna hadn't seen the mass of bruises and welts on the prostitute's arms and legs; hadn't winced at the two black eyes, chipped front teeth, and split lip that oozed blood as Loreen cried out her story to Dave Donne.MoreLess
"Still there?" Rhianna asked as she brought a suitcase in from the bedroom.
"Don't worry 'bout it," Trip answered. "You got everything?" Rhianna looked around, spied a book she'd been reading and added it to a canvas tote bag filled with odds and ends. "Yeah, I think so." "You can get a restraining order, you... know," Trip told her as he hefted her suitcase. "Jace and Dave heard him threaten you." She nodded. "If it comes to it, I will, but C.C.'s mostly bluster. I trampled his ego and he's just pissed." She draped her shoulder bag over her arm. "He'll get over it." Trip wasn't so sure. He'd been in the precinct house the night Loreen Raye had come in to file a complaint against the detective. Rhianna hadn't seen the mass of bruises and welts on the prostitute's arms and legs; hadn't winced at the two black eyes, chipped front teeth, and split lip that oozed blood as Loreen cried out her story to Dave Donne.MoreLess
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