“Yeah, I don’t care if you’re bored. Your safety is the most important thing.”
“But you don’t think I’m actually in danger,” I reminded him.
“True. But until I have confirmation, you’re stuck at my place.”
I huffed out a breath.
“Go to the car,” he ordered, taking hold of two of my suitcases.
I didn’t even have time to grab my good bourbon.
As Eli droveus toward his apartment in Lincoln Park, I asked questions.
“How do I get groceries?”
“Weneed groceries,” he corrected. “Us. So text me a list when I’m at work in the coming days, and I’ll pick it all up on my way home.”
“What about dinner tonight?”
“I thought we were ordering Italian?”
Because ofThe Godfatherreference earlier. “Fine. But what about breakfast tomorrow when you have to go to work?”
“I’m not going to work tomorrow. I’m going to the First District to work with Brewster and Oakes on the case. Jer’s joining me.”
“Jer?”
“Well, yeah. Before we both got our new jobs, we were investigators.”
“No, I know, but—”
“Ian’s covering for Jer tomorrow and Friday, and Miro’s going to cover any press stuff for me.”
“That’s really nice of everyone.”
“We take care of our own.”
I nodded, him calling me his own almost more than I could bear. I wanted to be more, and he treated me like I was, but we never took that next step forward, and I wanted that more than anything. Especially now, when I was feeling vulnerable, the weight of my longing was more pronounced. “That doesn’t answer my question about breakfast.”
“I’ll make you breakfast before I leave.”
“I’m not a child. I can make my own breakfast.”
“Then why did you ask about it?”
“Because when you’re not in your own place and can’t follow your regular routine, everything gets weird and you worry about odd things.”
“Like breakfast.”
“Like having the power to make decisions about breakfast.”
“I get that.”
“Are you really going to be working with Brewster and Oakes?”
“Jer and I are meeting them at a diner near their office first thing in the morning to go over everything they have.”
“Why in the world would they share information with you?”