1. Dating Rules And Pretty Fools Ch. 13


    Date: 2/3/2024, Categories: Gay Male, Author: bylaurasfox

    ... had been silent as Hudson had put the pedal to the metal, the lights of the city rushing past. The light traffic had been a blessing; he had been checking the mirror for signs of police cars chasing them until they were close to their destination.
    
    For a while, Jackie had tried to ease the silence by making jokes, only to leave them to die on their own feet. The night was strange, and Hudson's instincts were on high alert.
    
    Angel got out of the car first and rushed into the house -- a nice three-bedroom with a manicured lawn located in an affluent neighborhood just outside the bustling city -- followed closely by the other two. They disappeared behind the door, and Hudson watched as not one light was turned on to give away that there was someone inside. He couldn't help thinking that he was being watched back. That Angel was ticking him off the wrong way.
    
    "Do you think they'll be fine here, on their own?" he eventually asked Jackie. "You can get in front now."
    
    Jackie obeyed without one comment. All night so far he had been on his best behavior. Hudson almost wanted to commend him for it. He wouldn't do that; Jackie seemed to have the hots for Otis, and that made them rivals.
    
    The hell was he thinking now? Jackie was instrumental to the case, the way he saw it. And he needed to stop at that. Any personal feelings had no business getting in the way.
    
    Jackie plopped himself in the dead man's seat and groaned. "Man, what a fucking night. What do you think we should ...
    ... do now?"
    
    "Now," Hudson said calmly while kicking the engine into gear, "you're going to call the boss and tell him about the raid."
    
    "Yeah. And tell him how we got Angel and the others to safety. I reckon that'll earn us some points, right?"
    
    Hudson couldn't agree more. Although, it made him wonder how his quick thinking would be seen by the big kahuna. Would it open room for more suspicions? He was on probation, because of the Jasper thing, and any more attention drawn to him could leave him with little wiggle room, something he wasn't looking forward to.
    
    "You care about what the boss thinks of you, right, Jackie?" he asked as he turned the car around a corner to get them back to the city.
    
    "Of course, I do. Seriously, if he weren't so cold like he is with everyone, I'd say he's like a father to me."
    
    Hudson searched his brain and could see no physical similarities between Jackie and Watkins. For that cold lizard to have fathered the guy sitting next to him, it would have taken a miracle of no DNA getting transferred from parent to the child. Still, he couldn't rule out that possibility completely.
    
    "So, use tonight to get back into his good graces," Hudson suggested.
    
    "Like how? We barely escaped. And it was all thanks to you," Jackie said.
    
    "Well, turn it to your advantage. Tell him how quick you were to act. And how you took the guys to safety."
    
    "But it was you--ah, I see what you did there," Jackie said and grinned. "Ah, man, don't feel guilty for ...
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