sarcastically.
“No, because they’ll be looking at that cannon strapped to you,” Ernie answered, and then started out the door. “You are no longer an officer of the law, so shut up, and get in the car.”
Mackie chuckled. “You heard her. Get going.”
Rainey followed Ernie out the door, fussing at her as they left. “Don’t call me when you get arrested. Hope you know a good bail bondsman.”
#
Several hours later, Rainey and Ernie left the firing range with Ernie’s newly endorsed concealed carry training certificate. Although she tried to cover her excitement, Ernie was beaming. She completed an eight-hour training class a week ago and passed the firearms proficiency portion with flying colors, today. Now, Rainey had to take Ernie to be fingerprinted and turn in her application to the Sheriff’s office. Rainey was about to unleash a legally armed Ernie on the world. God help them all.
Cell phones had to be turned off on the range. Rainey checked her messages on the hands free device as soon as she was inside the 2010 Dodge Charger, her dream car. Rainey loved the sound of the 5.7-liter, V-8 engine roaring to life. This was no ordinary Charger. It was customized with dark tinted armored window glass, ballistic panels in the doors, wireless network access, digital video cameras, run flat tires, and a sweet weapons vault welded into the trunk. Everything a person could need to fight the boogey man. Rainey had fought him and won, but she knew there were more just like him out there, and that made her love her car even more.
She also loved the woman whose voice was coming through the speakers of the car. Katie had left a message only minutes before.
“Hey, good lookin’. Guess you’re still on the range. Don’t call me back. I have to turn off my phone. Everything went fine, but I’m going in for a quick ultrasound, if there is such a thing as a quick medical anything. Then I’m going by the school to see some old friends. I’ll see you back at the house. Love ya’.”
Rainey hit the button on her phone to erase the message. The next message played.
“Hey, it’s me again. Be home by five. I’m cooking your favorite. Bye.”
“Aww, now isn’t that just the sweetest thing,” Ernie chimed in mockingly. “You are the most lovesick two people I have ever witnessed.”
Rainey blushed and hung up the phone. Ernie was right. They were absolutely gushing and Katie appeared not to care who noticed. Rainey had always been much more reserved when it came to romantic emotions, but Katie was a force to be reckoned with. They came together in a clash of heat and loneliness that shook both their worlds to the core. Katie turned out to be irresistible and broke through any of Rainey’s wariness with unbending faith that it was the right thing to do. Rainey never loved anything or anyone the way she loved Katie. She hadn’t known she was capable of loving that deeply. Although Ernie and Mackie, but mostly Ernie, teased her mercilessly, Rainey wouldn’t change a thing. This was it, the happiness everyone was looking for. Katie made Rainey’s life complete.
Rainey sighed and shrugged her shoulders. “I can’t help it, Ernie. She fascinates me.”
Ernie patted Rainey’s hand. “I know, honey. I’m glad you’re happy, but you two are sick’nin’ sweet. I hope it wears off some before long.”
Rainey grinned over at Ernie just as she turned the key in the ignition. She depressed the accelerator several times, making the big engine rumble. She winked. “I don’t.”
Ernie examined Rainey for a moment before she spoke. “I really am happy for you and I’m sure your father would be too…”
Rainey pulled the car out of the parking place and headed for the street. “I hear a ‘but’ in there.”
“You’re moving really fast, Rainey. You went from broke down and worn out to rapture pretty quick, don’t you think? You’re a behavioral analyst, how would you advise someone like
“No, because they’ll be looking at that cannon strapped to you,” Ernie answered, and then started out the door. “You are no longer an officer of the law, so shut up, and get in the car.”
Mackie chuckled. “You heard her. Get going.”
Rainey followed Ernie out the door, fussing at her as they left. “Don’t call me when you get arrested. Hope you know a good bail bondsman.”
#
Several hours later, Rainey and Ernie left the firing range with Ernie’s newly endorsed concealed carry training certificate. Although she tried to cover her excitement, Ernie was beaming. She completed an eight-hour training class a week ago and passed the firearms proficiency portion with flying colors, today. Now, Rainey had to take Ernie to be fingerprinted and turn in her application to the Sheriff’s office. Rainey was about to unleash a legally armed Ernie on the world. God help them all.
Cell phones had to be turned off on the range. Rainey checked her messages on the hands free device as soon as she was inside the 2010 Dodge Charger, her dream car. Rainey loved the sound of the 5.7-liter, V-8 engine roaring to life. This was no ordinary Charger. It was customized with dark tinted armored window glass, ballistic panels in the doors, wireless network access, digital video cameras, run flat tires, and a sweet weapons vault welded into the trunk. Everything a person could need to fight the boogey man. Rainey had fought him and won, but she knew there were more just like him out there, and that made her love her car even more.
She also loved the woman whose voice was coming through the speakers of the car. Katie had left a message only minutes before.
“Hey, good lookin’. Guess you’re still on the range. Don’t call me back. I have to turn off my phone. Everything went fine, but I’m going in for a quick ultrasound, if there is such a thing as a quick medical anything. Then I’m going by the school to see some old friends. I’ll see you back at the house. Love ya’.”
Rainey hit the button on her phone to erase the message. The next message played.
“Hey, it’s me again. Be home by five. I’m cooking your favorite. Bye.”
“Aww, now isn’t that just the sweetest thing,” Ernie chimed in mockingly. “You are the most lovesick two people I have ever witnessed.”
Rainey blushed and hung up the phone. Ernie was right. They were absolutely gushing and Katie appeared not to care who noticed. Rainey had always been much more reserved when it came to romantic emotions, but Katie was a force to be reckoned with. They came together in a clash of heat and loneliness that shook both their worlds to the core. Katie turned out to be irresistible and broke through any of Rainey’s wariness with unbending faith that it was the right thing to do. Rainey never loved anything or anyone the way she loved Katie. She hadn’t known she was capable of loving that deeply. Although Ernie and Mackie, but mostly Ernie, teased her mercilessly, Rainey wouldn’t change a thing. This was it, the happiness everyone was looking for. Katie made Rainey’s life complete.
Rainey sighed and shrugged her shoulders. “I can’t help it, Ernie. She fascinates me.”
Ernie patted Rainey’s hand. “I know, honey. I’m glad you’re happy, but you two are sick’nin’ sweet. I hope it wears off some before long.”
Rainey grinned over at Ernie just as she turned the key in the ignition. She depressed the accelerator several times, making the big engine rumble. She winked. “I don’t.”
Ernie examined Rainey for a moment before she spoke. “I really am happy for you and I’m sure your father would be too…”
Rainey pulled the car out of the parking place and headed for the street. “I hear a ‘but’ in there.”
“You’re moving really fast, Rainey. You went from broke down and worn out to rapture pretty quick, don’t you think? You’re a behavioral analyst, how would you advise someone like
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