Chapter 4

Chapter Four

Roan

Hot Cop?

I have to fight back letting out a loud laugh at the fact I have finally found my missing angel. And Spade’s girl brought me right to her.

“Oh my God, Pearl! Shut up!”

I knew there was a reason I liked Pearl. Even if she does have questionable taste in men.

“Hot Cop, huh?”

I thought it would take me longer to chase her down. I already read the report that was made about the accident. It didn’t give me a lot to go on, but I wasn’t done. I had already been talking to anybody and everybody I could about people coming to visit them since I heard her mention she had no fucking clue where she was when she was helping me back to her car so we wouldn’t get pancaked by the ambulance when it came.

She did a lot of talking to herself, but I was soaking up every minute of it. Hers was the voice that helped take away a lot of the pain in my head. When I was in the ambulance being driven to the hospital all of the aches and blinding pain that she was holding back hit me hard. Right between the eyes. Thankfully, I was with people that knew how to fix that for me.

And now here she is. Right in front of me. Sweet face, big green eyes, and soft plump lips that beg for kisses from any sane man that looks at her.

“You think I’m hot?”

“Oh my God. I… you look good for someone who just… uh, you know.”

I give her a tilted smile and hopefully a look that doesn’t say I want to just eat her up, even if that is exactly what I want to do. “You look good too.”

The smile melts off her face and worry clouds her eyes, “Oh, no, I just meant… well you do look good. You know you look good. I just meant because… you know what? I’m just going to shut up now.”

“That’s a shame.” She gives me a questioning look, “I like hearing you talk.”

Her face is so expressive I can tell everything she is thinking with no problem. I like that she isn’t trying to hide anything like some people do. I don’t think she plays games and that… is refreshing. But then again everything about this tiny woman is a breath of fresh air.

“And, I love hearing what you have to say.” Especially the part about her thinking I’m hot.

She gives me a nervous laugh before turning to look at the audience we have somehow accumulated. It doesn’t take me long to realize this is Pearl’s friend who is visiting her for a couple of weeks. Why I didn’t put that together in the search for my angel I have no idea except to blame my concussion and the car wreck. I just never thought she would be this close; never thought she would be right under my freakin’ nose.

“Hey Atticus, you gonna suit up or you going to flirt with your girl all night?”

I look over at Caspian and make a mental note to myself to owe him… big time. “Yeah, yeah. I’m coming. Keep your cup on.”

I look back at Summer and find her looking down with pink splashed across her cheeks. “You’re going to stay for the game right?”

“Um,” she looks back at the three women who the team has affectionately labeled ‘The Girls” and they all giggle. Pearl pushes her and gives her an over-exaggerated nod. “Yeah. I’m pretty sure I’m staying.”

“And you’ll come to the restaurant after?”

She turns back around before slowly giving me a nod.

“So, yes to both questions?” She nods for me again. “Go out with me tomorrow? Just us?”

Before she can catch herself, she is nodding, “Ye… wait, what?”

“Too late. You already agreed.”

At the same time, Pearl is hopping up and down with a big smile on her face. “Yes, she does, and she did say yes, didn’t she? I heard her. We all heard her say yes.”

“I did?” Her brows crease together and she looks behind her at her friend. This time I nod for her before giving her a laugh. I’ll take the help and any more Pearl can offer me.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to, but I thought I might stack the cards my way if I ask while you were agreeing to everything.”

“You… want to go out? With me?”

“Oh yeah.” I want to do more than go out with her, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. For right now… I just want her to say yes.