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Before when he’d seen her, Julie was dressed in
baggy, torn clothes that were clean but ill fitting. Now in a black
dress that hugged her body, he could see that her breasts were
large and full, her waist tiny. So much so that he was sure he
could span it with his fingers touching around her. Her long legs
were muscled and well-formed. And long, he thought, long enough to
wrap around him when he took her hard and fast. Not taking his eyes
from Julie, knowing that she could read the lust, the need in his
eyes, and wanting her to, he answered Molly. “I would love to go,
Molly. And please, call me Cain. If you ladies are ready to go,
I’ll get the wheelchair.”
    “ For what?” Julie snapped
to attention. “If you think I’m riding in one of those suckers, you
can just think again. There isn’t any way in hell—”
    Cain cut Julie off. “Ride or stay. It’s
entirely up to you. Hospital policy states you leave in one.” He
grinned at her.
    “ And I suppose you always
follow the rules?” she asked through her clenched teeth.
    “ When it suits me. Now, it
does.” Cain had no idea why he was baiting her so much. Julie
practically vibrated with anger. When Molly laughed behind him, he
smiled more. Cain found himself wondering if Julie would put this
much passion into their love-making. And that thought brought him
up short. Sex with Julie? Yes, he thought, that was something he’d
like to pursue.
    The wheelchair ride was made in
silence. Cain wasn’t sure what was going on in Julie’s head, but he
was sure it didn’t bode well for him. He found he didn’t care, was
in fact looking forward to bantering with her more. This was as
much fun as he’d had as a kid with his sisters, only much more
enjoyable.
    Cain made a mental note to himself that
he needed to warn his sisters that their father was back in town.
He also needed to let them know that their mother was aiding and
abetting him in his schemes to see them. All five of his sisters
had suffered at their parents’ stupidity, but not anymore. Not
while he could care for them, they wouldn’t.
    When they pulled up in front of the
cemetery, there were about seventy cars already there. And there
were several cruisers lined up along the side of the road close to
the grave where people were milling about. Molly looked as confused
as both Julie and he were. It wasn’t until Cait Grant came toward
them that things started to fall into place.
    “ Rodney was one of ours,”
Cait said when asked about the people there. “He may have been out
of touch for a while, but we never leave a cop on his own at a time
like this. I understood him to be a great man. And I’m very sorry
for your loss.”
    “ Yes. Yes, he was. He
just...he had a lot of his own demons that got the better of him.
He just couldn’t seem to...he had a hard time forgetting.” Molly
wiped at the tears on her cheeks. “Thank you for this, Captain
Grant.”
    “ It was our pleasure. And
please, call me Cait. Captain Grant sounds like I should be old and
carrying a large cane. If you will all come this way.”
    The graveside funeral was with full
police honor. The twenty-one gun salute made Julie jump with each
firing of the rifles, but Cain folded her into his body and held
her. The flag was presented to Molly, who was openly crying as she
accepted it. Cain, too, was moved by the ceremony.
    Cain drove Molly’s car to her house.
Cait had also arranged for food and beer to be taken to the house
so that people could meet there and talk about their friend. The
beer, Cain had been told, was for the cops, old and new, to drink
to one of their fallen comrades.
    Cain kept an eye on Julie for most of
the afternoon. She was starting to fade just after the toast. When
she disappeared, he went to find her and found Molly
instead.
    “ She went to lie down in
my son’s old room. My granddaughter Shannon is in there with her.
She’s a nurse. Julie will be fine, Cain. You worry too much. How
much trouble can she