“Love you too.”
Grayson
“DETECTIVE BENNETT?”
Turning, I saw Joshua Black standing with his arm around a dark haired girl.
“Mr. Black, how are you this evening?”
His eyes moved from me over to Meagan, where he looked a bit too long for my liking.
“I’m doing good. Taking my girl out to a movie.” Gesturing over to Meagan, Joshua smiled. “I see you’re doing the same.”
Reaching his hand out for Meagan’s, Joshua said, “Joshua Black.”
Meagan went to say her name when I cut her off. “This is my fiancée, Meagan.”
Meagan turned to look at me as Joshua chuckled. “This is Christy, my girlfriend.”
I quickly looked the girl over and gave her a friendly smile. “Nice to meet you. If you’ll excuse us, we’re late; nice seeing you again, Mr. Black.”
“Joshua, call me Joshua.”
I nodded my head and led Meagan to another movie. “Gray, what’s going on? Why didn’t you let me talk?”
Guiding her into the movie, I led us up toward the top row.
“I don’t trust that guy. Neither does Derrick. Something about him is off, plus we found out he’s been snooping around asking questions about a murder case.”
“Oh, what does he do for a living?”
“He works for his father’s law firm.”
“Lawyer?”
“Yeah. Derrick checked him out. Something isn’t right though. He never brings any of his cases to trial. They’re all settled.”
Meagan made a face like she was intrigued as I said, “Let’s grab a bite to eat instead of a movie.”
“Are you sure? I thought you wanted to see a movie.”
“Nah, not anymore.”
A few minutes later we were sitting in a café drinking coffee and waiting for our dinner. “So, have you talked to your parents yet?”
The coffee cup froze at Meagan’s lips. “Um . . . well I did tell them about you. Of course they already know you, but I broke the news that we had been dating.”
Ouch. Broke the news. I had to admit that felt like a knife in my chest. I wasn’t sure why Meagan was so afraid to tell her parents we were dating. I’d met Brad and Amanda plenty of times, and every time they were super nice.
Maybe it was my past she was afraid would come out. I could see how they wouldn’t want their little girl dating an ex stripper.
“You make that sound like it’s a bad thing.”
Meagan jerked her head back. “No. Not at all. It’s just, my parents aren’t used to me dating.”
“Their reaction?”
“My mom acted as if she already knew. She said she noticed the way we always looked at each other. She figured something was going on. My father on the other hand, he went on about dating a cop and the stress that would add to my already stressful career. All that kind of stuff.”