“You’re not eighteen years old anymore, Cash. And we’re running a company. How are people supposed to trust us if you steal?”
“I wasn’t stealing Daisy. I was just going to deposit her on the bank’s front steps for a day or two. Right in front of the door.”
Sully’s jaw dropped, then he just shook his head and stalked away from me to the back of the warehouse.
I followed him. “Look, I didn’t mean any harm.”
“Yeah, but it’s not just you who pays the consequences. Is this on your record?”
I sighed. “No. Just a fine and community service.” I hurried to help him pull down a sheet of MDF. I was working on a living room remodel with Sully and Cam today. Kai had taken the tiny bathroom install across town. We also had a handful of day laborers helping out on a frame out for a new build. Sully was overseeing three different properties and we didn’t have nearly enough hands at the moment.
I was exhausted as hell, but there was no way I was asking to go home and get some sleep.
I was just going to have to push through.
Sully pulled down another sheet stacking it with the rest. “Well, that’s good. Anything in particular?”
“I’ll be donating my services on the renovations at the police station. Evidently, they need the main station rewired. It wasn’t in the budget, but now that they have a screw up who just happens to be an electrician they’re golden.”
“And takes you away from me? Great.”
“Nope. I’ll work overnight.”
“Really?” Sully tugged off his gloves, tucking them into his back pocket. “Sure, you can handle that?”
“Do you really care?”
He folded his arms over his chest. “Mistakes happen when you’re tired. I don’t want you to get hurt, asshat.”
“Aww.” I leaned in and wrapped my arms around him.
Sully groaned. “Get off me.”
I laughed and stepped back. “I really am sorry, Sully. I didn’t think about it. I was going to put it in front of the bank as a little payback for Jacobson turning you down for the loan when you needed it.”
His arms fell to his sides. “That’s an asinine reason.” His lips twitched.
“Yeah, but now it’s way better.”
“No.” He pointed at me, flattening his features. “No, I mean it. I appreciate the sentiment, but that’s not what the Murdocks are about anymore.”
“Yeah, yeah. Being an upstanding citizen is boring.”
He shook his head. “Do you hear yourself?”
I shrugged. “It’s true, but I’ll stay in line. The new Chief was a surprise. When did Pope retire?”
“A few months ago. He and Hilda bought an RV and are traveling all over the country.”
“Huh. No shit.”
“Yep.”
“Well, I can’t say the new Chief is hard on the eyes.”
“Don’t.”
“What? Just a fact.”
