CHAPTER TWELVE
BRITA WAS SURPRISED to see Bud pull into the asylum parking lot and park next to Percy’s SUV. Her partner climbed quickly out of his dusty sedan and stopped, his gaze widening. “Heaven save us.”
She glowered back. “Shut up, Hinks.”
His lips trembled on the smile he wanted to release. “Brumhilda, I presume?”
Percy dropped an arm around her shoulders, doubtless to show support, and his arm all but bounced off the padding there. “Bud Hinks, I’d like to introduce you to my cousin, Brumhilda Honeybun. Be nice, Cousin Brummy is a little sensitive about her wart.”
Brita elbowed him in the ribs, earning a very satisfying yelp of pain. At least her elbows weren’t padded. “That stupid thing better come off later, Honeybun or I’ll be shooting anybody in the room who’s laughed at i
