Page 90 of Off-Limits Love

He rubbed a hand over his neck and squeezed to relieve the tension. “Not sure about that, but I am a tired one.”

“You look it. Go home and get some rest. We’ll watch out for her.”

Gage tapped the desk twice and then turned. “Thanks for the help, Bruce.”

Gage left the station and headed for home. On the way, he passed Hudson’s truck parked outside the fire station.

He shook his head, not understanding why Hudson would have bothered with getting a business degree only to chuck it all away to train to be a fireman and EMT.

His kid brother had always been his right hand whenever he needed extra help, but with Hud in training, Gage scrambled to know his hand from his foot on a good day.

He made it home and stripped as he headed toward the bathroom. He tossed his shirt toward the hamper only to see it miss and fall to the floor. Figures. Par for the course these days.

He kept going, wanting only to brush his teeth and crawl into bed.

Minutes later, his head hit the pillow and opened his phone to pull up the camera feed of the building. She was still there, parked in the spot with a perfect camera view.

He upped the motion sensor settings and then upped the volume just in case so the alert would definitely wake him.

Then he closed his eyes with a groan, drifting off to sleep with the memory of big eyes and pretty freckles.