Alex:
After breakfast, I drove Luke to his apartment to get ready. I leaned on the railing outside while her got dressed. It took two whole cigerettes and a call to from Trixie for him to come back out. I could just imagine him now in the mirror trying to hype himself up. I laughed to myself. Eventually he came out in jeans, a black tee and some boots. I hate to admit, but I'm starting to dig the dark Luke look.
"You ready, Badge?" I grinned.
" As ready as I'll ever be, I guess," he mumbled back.
We hopped back on my bike, switched out my bikes, and rode out of town.
The alley stretched behind an abandoned warehouse, narrow and cracked like a scar the city forgot to stitch. Light poured in from the west, copper and bruised. A perfect place to teach a cop how to flirt with danger.
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