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I bite my lip and stare into Charlie’s eyes. Am I really considering taking a ride with a guy I’ve only known for a couple of hours? I suppose he is a cop, so it should be safe, right?

“You’ll be safe, Scout’s honor.” He lifts three fingers up in the air.

I giggle at him. Who the hell am I right now? I never giggle.

Taking a deep breath, I slowly nod. “That’d be great.”

“You didn’t think to fucking tell me that Kitty is undercover?” I growl at Ty.

He leans back in his chair, smirking at me and not saying a word.

Huffing at his silence, I bob my leg up and down as I sit opposite him. He should have told me, I could have blown her cover within seconds and this dipshit didn’t even think to tell me.

“How many missed calls do you have from me?”

I frown at him for a beat and then pull my cell out of my pocket. I see the numerous missed calls from both his personal phone and the company phone.

“Yeah,” Ty says. “I tried to tell you.”

I ignore him and instead say, “What the hell is she doing there anyway? That place is dangerous.”

It is. The number of shoot outs and gang fights is ridiculous and the thought of Kitty being dragged into that has my head spinning.

“She’s on a job,” is all Ty says, and I lean forward, opening my mouth about to ask him what job, but he interrupts me before I can say anything. “You know I can’t tell you, Charlie.”

Fuck.

I push up out of the chair and walk to the office door, done with this conversation if he’s not gonna give me any details. “Fine,” I grit out and pull the door open, ignoring him calling out for me.

If he’s not going to tell me why she’s there, what job she’s on, then I’ll just have to find out for myself.

I’m not stupid, I know Kitty can protect herself, I’ve witnessed it, I’ve been on the receiving end of it, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t worry. Fuck! Why am I even worrying? It’s not like we’re together, she’s just a friend.

“Charlie?” Kay calls when I’m out of the warehouse and on my way to my car.

“Hey.” I smile and pull my door open before getting into my car.

I don’t want to hang around here any longer, I need to get my head straight because all I can think about right now is Kitty getting hurt and I’ll do anything that I can to prevent that from happening.

I head straight back to the precinct, tamping down the urge to go the long way around, just so that I can drive past Wayward and hopefully catch a glimpse of Kitty.

Parking in my designated bay at the precinct, I jump out and head through the doors, walking through the waiting area and to the door that separates the downstairs from upstairs.

“Geena.” I wink as I go through the locked door.

“Sergeant Mackenzie,” she says back, frowning down at her computer screen.

“You good?” I ask, stopping just before the door shuts.

Geena started working here a couple of years ago after being transferred from another precinct. There were rumors that some kind of drama had gone down with another officer, but I’ve never been one to listen to idle gossip.

“What?” She whips her head up, her dark blue eyes wide. “Oh, yeah, I’m fine thanks.”

Narrowing my eyes at her, I watch as she looks back at the computer screen. Her auburn hair is pulled back into a bun at the base of her neck and her face is full of makeup, one thing I always noticed about her was the fact that no one ever sees her without it. Not that it bothers me because I don’t see her outside of work, unless she’s at the compound with Evan, but that’s rare.

She doesn’t look okay but it’s none of my business so I shut the door behind me, the two beeps ringing out, signaling that it’s locked.

“Fill me in,” I say when I’ve walked up the stairs and into the pit. I lean on one of the desks and look at the whiteboard, waiting.