Chapter 37

“You’re an asshole. I thought we already dealt with that ‘a guy who looks like you’ bullshit. You invited me here, remember? Stupid me, I thought that was nice.” He grabbed his beer and stomped toward the house, his wet feet slapping against the pavement from the pool to the patio, where he carried the clothes he’d snatched up on the way. “I also thought, ‘Gee, that Justice is a nice-looking guy. He’s a little snarky, but funny—I saw that all day. He.rsquo;s kindhearted. I saw that in how you dealt with Archie, Dawn, Nicky, and the others. Well liked…I saw that in how they treated you. I know what it means to be a cop, so you got that going for you, that white knight syndrome, the need to save and take care of people. Maybe, Iersquo;m looking for some of that in return after all the rejection Iorsquo;ve felt, to get over how much my own family wants nothing to do with me now that Daddy has new kids.irdquo;