“Now, now,” Harvey said, “That’s some real police work there, Josie.”
“Who was my father?”
Harvey knocked a hand on the bar. “You know, I always wondered what you’d become. You were always interested in it.”
“In what?”
“Police work. Oh, you’d bother all of us over what we did and how we did it.”
Josie leaned on the bar. “Maybe I just knew you were all corrupt and working with the bad guys.”
“Says the woman who fell for one of those bad boys,” Harvey shot back with a wink.
“Well, to be fair, you all kept parading him in front of me.”
“Ah, that’s right. Blame us.”
“And you’re not blaming…” Josie said and waved her hands around.
“Look, I’m just doing my job,” Harvey said. “And you know I’m trying to help.”
“How about a beer?”
“Soda.”
“Deal.”
Josie got Harvey a soda and put it on the bar. When Harvey reached for it, Josie pulled it back.
“What are you really doing here?” she asked.
“You’re like your father now. Good angle to work here.”
“Harvey.”
“I don’t know,” Harvey said. “We got the call that there was a situation here. Colt must have set this up. I’m sure Winston will have his head for it, but Colt is fierce and hungry. I’m here trying to piece this together and do my part.”
“They took Brett, Jason, and Hawk away,” Josie said. “On what charge?”
“Resisting,” Harvey said.
“They didn’t resist.”
“Of course not. But that’s a way to get them behind bars, even for a few hours. Colt figures that someone will eventually crack.”
Josie laughed. “One thing I can say for sure is that they don’t crack.” She pushed the soda at Harvey. “They don’t crack. Ever.”
“I know,” Harvey said. “Thanks for the soda.”
Josie looked around the club and things were looking just about back to normal. Music thumping in the background. Starla and Caramel on stage, their hips jutting left to right with the beats of the music. Guys sitting at the bar by the stage, shelling out money for more of a show.
“I think about him a lot,” Harvey said.
“Excuse me?” Josie asked.
“Your father. I think about him. What it would be like today if he were still around.”
Josie let out a breath. “I don’t know. Tensions were always high with him around. He was good at what he did though. But I don’t know about the balance right now if he were here.”