Tucker"You're lying," I laugh so loudly I have to hold my side."Hand to God." Ransom holds up the hand he's talking about. "First fuckin' time it's ever happened.""You're lucky, then." I wipe at my eyes.We're in one of the meeting rooms the Laurel Springs PD uses, and we're waiting for everyone else to get here. He's telling me about the night he had with Stella."Lucky my ass!"I laugh again. "More like nose up your ass.""Did you tell him about it?" Nick grins as he sits next to us, drinking an energy drink. "Yes!" I blow out a breath trying to keep my shit together."At least you didn't get a phone call at 5 a.m."You called him at 5 a.m.?" I give Ransom a look."He was up with the baby," he defends. "And so was I, plus I had to share with someone.""Not sure I'd share with my wife's brother, but you do you, fam.""What the fuck are you ladies making so much noise about?" Caleb comes in, having a seat in front of us, but turning around so that he can b

KarsynTaking a look at the line to get into the parking lot where we're washing cars, and I mean we're washing them, I'm so fucking proud. It travels at least a mile down the road. Other members of the Laurel Springs Police are directing traffic around it. There's also a few people taking donations only. In my wildest dreams, I couldn't have imagined this would be happening. "This is amazing." Kels wraps her arm around my shoulder as we take a bit of a break. "I know, I'm going to go over and ask Mom if she has a preliminary count of how much we've raised. We've still got two hours to go, but I'm unsure if we'll be able to get all these cars done." I point to the line waiting to get in."We'll figure it out," she promises. "I'm gonna get back over there to where my hot-ass hubby is working hard with no shirt on." She purses her lips, making a noise in her throat."You do that," I laugh. "Girl, I am on it." She wiggles her eyebrows.I have a feeling she'll be on more than

Karsyn"Hey!" I smack Tucker's hand when he reaches in, stealing a piece of my bacon. "I offered to make you breakfast, and you were all, I'll just have a protein shake. Which means you don't get bacon."He doesn't drop it. Instead, he stands in front of me, making a big show out of eating it. "Go ahead, enjoy it, I'll never cook bacon for you, ever."He finishes eating it before he has a seat across from me at his kitchen table. Major's outside getting his morning business in. "C'mon." He chucks me under the chin. "You know you'll cook for me. You can't help but want to take care of me."I frown, because he's got me there. He knows me probably better than I know myself when it comes to what I will do for him. Not giving him exactly what he wants, I raise an eyebrow. "I might cook it for you, but I'll burn it to hell."A laugh works its way past his throat and a smile spreads across his face. "I'd expect nothing less from you, Syn.""Don't call me that cute nickname and

KarsynI'm still sitting in the police station when I hear the Amber Alert come out. My stomach drops to my knees, because I know what's coming for this girl. They say her name is Leah, and when they show her picture, I start shaking. She could be my twin when I was a little girl. Immediately I want to help. There's no way I can sit here in this room and not do anything. It goes so far against everything I've learned about myself, the person I've become. Getting up, I walk over to where Holden is sitting at the information desk. Even though he's officially retired, he volunteers a few hours a week here. He can't stand to do nothing from what I've heard."I wanna help," I tell him.He nods solemnly. "Are you sure? This isn't easy, you may see things you won't ever be able to forget.""I live with that every day," I remind him. "I was his first victim." But I think about that, and something tells me I'm not actually his first victim. "Scratch that, I'm the first one who got hi

Karsyn"How's it going?" Kels asks as I have a seat in the chair next to her.She's updating her charts, while I've already done mine. "I want my peace back again," I grimace. "I've had to change my number again." I frown. "You should be getting a text from me tonight with my new one."Since everything came out with Clarence, news organizations have found my name, and they're all asking for interviews about what happened not only recently, but back in my childhood. To say I'm sick of it is an understatement."It's a good thing you and Tucker moved in together, huh?" "Yeah," I agree. "I went by my apartment yesterday because I have like a box of clothes left there. I can't tell you how many news vans were there. I just said fuck it, I'll buy new clothes. So far no one seems to know I've moved in with him.""Today's a big day for him, isn't it?"I grin. "It is. He should get the okay to go back to work. Not that I haven't loved having him off to help me move and get stuff