Page 14 of Wrecked By You

I sighed but then gave them my number. Instantly, they all texted me.

Ella grinned at me. “There, now you have our numbers too. Please call if you need anything.”

As I watched them leave, I wondered how I could walk back into the police station and get that job.

Eight

Damon

After work, I was on my way back to my house, with two pizzas in the backseat including my favorite pizza, pepperoni and meat lover’s. McCrae was watching the boys, and then we were going to eat together.

My phone buzzed with a call from Kayla. I answered it. “What’s up?”

“Well, we were out meddling at Wendy Miller’s ranch today.”

I didn’t know what she was talking about. “O-kay?”

“Damon, this is Mom.” I heard something shifting as she took the phone. “Wendy Miller told me that Isla is staying at her parents’ old ranch house. We went out there to take her some supplies.”

My heart raced, and I shook my head. “Why are you telling me this?”

The phone shifted again. “Damon, this is Ella. I’m with them. For some reason, they think if I deliver the news, you won’t be so mad at me.”

I scoffed out a laugh and could only imagine what they must’ve said. “How come I’m already mad?”

They all laughed.

“Seriously,” said Ella. “We probably overstepped, Damon, but we took some food out and we were offering her different jobs. She said she still wanted to work at dispatch.”

“Did she?” It was interesting, because during my shift last night, she had been all I could think about. I didn’t know what to do about it.

“We were thinking you could go out there.”

My mind raced. “I have pizza for the boys.”

“Already on it,” said my mother. “We are going to go grab the boys and just bring them out to our place. In fact, keep the pizzas and we’ll get our own. I bet Isla might want to eat some pizza while you offer her the job.”

Adrenaline shot through me. It was a good idea. “Is she going to be upset if I just go out there?”

My mother laughed. “Damon, in Refuge Falls, everyone meddles. It’s how we love each other.”

I immediately turned onto the highway that led out to Wendy Miller’s ranch. “True. I don’t like it, but you’re right.”

I could hear Kayla squealing in the background.

“Kayla, I’m going to go out there and share pizza. Maybe I’m going to apologize for some things I need to apologize for, but that doesn’t mean she’ll take the job, and it doesn’t mean she’ll forgive me.”

“That’s true,” Kayla said. “I would be disappointed if you weren’t going to try.”

I shook my head and then laughed. “It seems I’m cursed with women who want to meddle in my life.”

That set the three of them laughing again.

“Thanks for taking the boys. I’ll see you ladies later.”

We all said goodbye, and I hung up.

A gas station came up on my right. I pulled in. It was time to buy a peace offering.