Chapter 3
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p; Lynch and Tazer were finishing up a meeting at the police department in Cambridge when they saw a bunch of cops gathered around. As their buddy, Detective Salvatore Connelly and his brother, special investigator Finn Connelly walked out with them, they asked what was going on.
A couple of the guys were shaking their heads, smiling and whistling low and turning the pages of some sort of calendars sideways.
“It’s this year’s fundraising calendar for Charlesburgh. A bunch of local stores and community events are sponsored,” police officer Brian Morrison told them.
“Well, what are all the oohs and ahhs about?” Salvatore asked as they got closer.
“Miss September posing against a sweet classic car,” he replied.
“Yeah, it’s the car,” one of the others teased and they all laughed.
“She’s gorgeous. A petite thing with one hell of a body on her,” the other officer said.
“Let me see that?” Finn said to them and one of the guys handed over the calendar.
Tazer looked at Lynch, shaking his head and almost chuckling at their behavior. But then Lynch suddenly looked angry as damn hell as he pulled the calendar from Finn’s hands.
“What’s her name? Does it say her name and where she lives?” one of the officers asked as they looked at other copies of the calendars.
“Why? You gonna go stalk the woman, Freddie?” Johnny asked. They laughed.
“Hey, I may just be driving by in my convertible mustang and if she has a love for classic cars then I can offer her a ride,” he said and they started carrying on about what kind of ride they would give her.
“What’s wrong?” Tazer asked Lynch as he saw his angry expression.
“Shut the fuck up. And if any of you ever go near her, I’ll fucking kill you,” he yelled at them and everyone got silent.
Finn looked at the picture too. “Eliza Grace? Whoa,” he said, knowing who Eliza was and that Tazer and Lynch were her guardians. As Tazer absorbed Eliza’s picture he heard Finn telling everyone to get back to work and to leave the calendars.
Tazer absorbed Eliza’s pose, the short, tight dress she wore and how sexy she looked leaning against the white car. Her thighs were exposed, the skirt nearly to her crotch. What the fuck was she thinking? Holy shit, she looked incredible.
“What the fuck, Tazer. Did you know about this? Did Parker?” Lynch asked.
“Hey, it’s a great picture of her. She’s a beautiful young woman. Don’t worry about the guys. They were just being dicks. It’s not too sexy of a pose,” Finn said to them. Tazer gave him a snarl.
“Did you see the cover?” Salvatore asked as he looked at his own copy of the calendar.
There was a picture of Eliza Grace wearing a see-through beach cover up that shimmered in the sunlight, her breasts peeking out from the beige, golden top and the Marlin Bay Marina with the yachts and other boats to the side of her. She looked so damn sexy and classy, he couldn’t speak.
“Damn, she is gorgeous,” Finn said to them.
“Look at the cover,” Connolly told them as he looked at his own calendar, smiling.
Tazer and Lynch flipped to the cover and Tazer felt his blood pressure boiling. There she was in the center of the photograph with the other models all wearing bikinis, but Eliza’s was hot pink and stood out, as much as her very large breasts, her flat belly with the belly ring and the seductive way she smiled at the camera.
“Holy shit. What four lucky bastards you are,” Finn said as he looked at the picture too.
Tazer was pissed off.
“Let’s go. We’ll touch base with you guys later. Let us know if you need us for anything else,” he said to them and shook Finn’s hand and then Salvatore’s. “Hey, take it easy on her. She isn’t your woman yet and you won’t want to piss her off.”
“Like you would stand for your woman posing in calendars and worrying about other men fantasizing about her? Let them be,” Finn said to Salvatore and Tazer and Lynch headed out of the police department. Before Tazer even started the engine to the Charger, Lynch was on the phone with Parker.
“Well, if you didn’t know anything about it then I suggest you guys take a look at the fucking calendar.”