Unauthorized Obsession (Unauthorized Series Book 3) Read Free

her as safe as was possible. Checking the list again, she found Jen’s name: with Yeager. She grunted her disapproval. Yeager was a bit lazy, and definitely heavy-handed. Then she found Ryker. Ryker was with Casey. Casey was OK.
    Kara gritted her teeth and glanced at her watch. She only had thirty minutes till her shift started. She’d better get upstairs.
    When she turned around Joe was grinning at her. “So was I right? Are you pissed?”
    “Yes. I’ll have to have a talk with the new Chief. But at least Ivy’s with you. That makes me happy.”
    Joe waggled his eyebrows licentiously. “Yeah, I get to take your little sister out every night.” he said, his voice full of innuendo.
    “You better not let her boyfriend hear you say that.”
    “Who’s her boyfriend?”
    “He’s a recruit too. You know, the one who looks like a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers.”
    Joe’s eyes grew wide. He clamped his mouth shut and looked around quickly, like perhaps said boyfriend might have already heard and be heading in for a hard tackle. Kara laughed and threw him a wave as she strode out the door towards the elevators, her mouth instantly going dry as she prepared herself mentally for what she was about to do.
     
     

Chapter 3
     
    Kara pushed through the double doors of the detective’s office and headed straight for the secretary’s desk. The large room looked almost empty. Besides the secretary, Kara saw only two people sitting behind desks.
    “Hi Glynda, did you manage to get me an appointment with someone?” she asked the efficient but sometimes difficult woman behind the desk.
    Glynda turned a hard and unforgiving eye to Kara. “Yep. Gale. She’s right there.” Glenda raised her chin to the left of her. Kara thanked her and headed that way. Sgt. Gale? Kara gulped and rummaged in her pocket for some gum. Why couldn’t she have gotten anyone but Sgt. Gale? Sgt. Gale was a legend in the department, one of the few women who had ever served on the SWAT team. A hard-charger who never made mistakes, never got emotional, and always closed her cases. A gorgeous blond with a chilly stare who had an unshakable marriage and a pedigreed background. Kara tried to imagine how Sgt. Gale was going to react to this old, cold, butchered case and couldn’t do it.
    Kara approached Sgt. Gale’s desk, a tentative smile on her face. Sgt. Gale didn’t look up. Kara touched the back of the chair that sat opposite the desk and cleared her throat. “Sgt. Gale? Glynda said you would see me about my case.”
    Finally, the Sergeant looked at Kara, her gaze as cold and gray as her expression. Kara’s smile faltered. She felt anxiety build in her chest. This was exactly what she didn’t need right now. She and Joe had bent a few rules and she didn’t want to deal with some hard ass who was going to rub that in her face. She knew Gale had to be a hard ass with the men, but did she have to keep that persona with women cops? Holding her hand steady, she presented the reports she had brought with her to Sgt. Gale.
    Gale waved them away and motioned to the papers on her desk. She already had the reports. Damn. She must have searched through the computer as soon as Glynda told her there was an officer-involved stalker case. “Why didn’t this get sent up to my office four months ago?” Sgt. Gale stabbed at the reports with one hand. A glint of metal in her fingers caught Kara’s eye and she followed it. A paper clip.
    Kara swallowed hard and tried to think of what to say. She shrugged and sat down. “We didn’t think it was a big deal.”
    “Not a big deal? Don't start my day by lying to me. A cop has a stalker and that stalker cuts off a prisoner’s hair and that’s not a big deal?” Sgt. Gale bent the paper clip in half several times while she was talking. Finally it split and she tossed it under her desk with a short, angry jab. Kara heard a soft clink of metal against metal. Sgt. Gale opened her upper right desk drawer and