“What department?” He inquired.

I didn’t pretend to misunderstand. “Kilgore PD.”

He nodded.

“This woman,” he said, pointing at Corrinne who was now glaring daggers at the four of us. “Is saying that this woman,” he pointed at Lennox. “Kidnapped her child, and had to wreck the car to get her to stop.”

My mouth dropped open. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.”

The officer shook his head. “Nope.”

Lennox was visibly shaken, and I knew with every cell of my being that she wanted to beat the hell out of Corrinne.

Motherfucker, but I wanted to do that, too!

I’m a fucking cop. Cops shouldn’t have those types of thoughts, but damned if I wasn’t feeling homicidal right then.

Then the chickens started to dawn on my mind, and I looked around in horror.

“What the fuck?” I asked in surprise.

There were literally chickens everywhere. Thousands of them.

A tractor trailer that’d been carrying the birds was on its side, the wooden crates that’d been holding the chickens broken to pieces.

People were out of their cars herding the chickens into a makeshift barrier of sorts made out of orange construction mesh and construction cones.

Police were questioning drivers, and the driver of, I assumed, the truck was pointing at the car that I assumed was Corrinne’s and then gesturing wildly.

“What happened?” I asked Lennox.

Lennox pointed to Corrinne.

“She got right up on the bumper of my car and then rammed me. And not just a little tap, either. A major one. One that had me spinning out of control. Which was actually lucky for me because I hadn’t realized just how fast we’d been going to get the hell away from her crazy…butt. I spun out that way,” she gestured to where her car sat on the side of the road. “And Corrinne kept going through the intersection. Which had turned red. When she ran the light, she hit the chicken truck with such force that the whole thing fell over.”

Somewhat appeased, I dropped down to my haunches in front of Reagan.

“Is that what happened, baby?” I asked her.

She nodded. “That woman was screaming at Lennox like she was going to kill her. I was really scared, daddy.”

I leaned forward and tried to gather her into my arms, but she wouldn’t let Lennox go, so I ended up hugging Lennox with Reagan smashed in between us.

Lennox ran her hands along the back of my neck as she looked down on us, but I was too busy relearning to breathe now that I knew they were both alright.

“We have a video pulled up on what happened if you want to see it,” Sam rumbled from behind me.

I moved backwards until I could see Sam handing something over to the cop that was still right there watching our surroundings.

The cop took it, played the video, and watched it.

His eyes widened with each second that passed, and by the end of it, he was looking at Corrinne with such distaste that I almost felt bad for her.

Almost.

I stood, dropped a kiss on Reagan’s head, followed by Lennox’s, before I turned around and held my hand out for the phone.

Sam handed it to me without a word and I watched as Corrinne’s black sedan barreled at the back of Lennox’s car and rammed it with such force that the car turned sideways in a matter of seconds.

Once that happened, not much else could be seen but the spin of Lennox’s car as it was hit by car after car until it came to a rest on the side of the road directly next to the curb.

My eyes narrowed once I saw the end of the video, and I handed it over to Sam before walking calmly over to where Corrinne was sitting.

“Just stay with me, baby. Don’t look at her,” I heard Lennox whisper as I walked away.

I didn’t look back as I made my way to where Corrinne was now standing.

I didn’t say a word until I got within a few inches of her face, and what I said was not for anyone’s ears but hers.

“I’ll tell you this once, and once only. Don’t fuck with me. You almost killed my kid and my woman in one fell swoop, and had you succeeded in that, I’d have killed you. And it wouldn’t have been an easy death,” I growled viciously. “And if I find out that you’re within a square fucking mile of the two of them again, I swear by all that’s holy I will fucking ruin you.”

Corrinne’s eyes widened, and she looked to the cop that was at her side, but the cop was busy giving a report to the cop directly in front of her.

The traffic cop that dealt with accidents, I assumed.

But all of my focus was on Corrinne and the fact that she wasn’t comprehending what I was saying.

“Do you understand me, Corrinne?” I asked forcefully.

She swallowed thickly. “Y-yes.”

“Everything you hold dear will be gone. I won’t fucking rest until I know it’s all gone. Your life as you know it, gone. I’ll leave you alive long enough to make a recovery. It won’t be a pretty recovery, and your life will be hard for the rest of your existence, but you’ll be alive. You remember that the next time you try to fuck with my kid or my woman. Understand?” I hissed.

She nodded frantically. “Watch your back,” I said as I walked away, very aware of the way she narrowed her eyes at me as I left.

I knew she wouldn’t let this go, and I’d just issued her a challenge. But I wouldn’t rest until she was down, I promised myself.

No more nice Bennett.

In his place was a man trying to protect those he loved. And those I loved would stay alive if it was the last thing I did.

I made it up to Sam, and said, “She won’t stop. I need to get eyes on her. Do you think you can call a meeting for later tonight?” I asked.

Sam nodded. “Yeah. I’ll do that. Do you want the team, too?”

I nodded.

Yeah, the men on the SWAT team would always have my back, and I’d feel more comfortable with them being aware of what was going on.

I could use all the help I could get.

It was about to get nasty.

***

Later that night, after tucking Reagan into bed at my place, I walked into my bedroom to see Lennox on her hands and feet, ass in the air, doing what I assumed was the downward dog, a yoga position.

Her panties were spread perfectly over her sculpted ass as she rocked back and forth. Back and forth.

It put her ass in prime position for my viewing pleasure, and other pleasure as well.

After the day that I’d had, there was nothing else in this world that I wanted to do but get lost in Lennox’s body, which was why I had my shirt stripped off my in a matter of seconds.

“You think you could hold that position while I fucked you in it?” I asked casually from the doorway.

Lennox dropped her head until she was looking at me from between her legs.

“I could try,” she said silkily.

I admired her ass, before I rocked back from the door frame, grabbed a hold of the door, and shut it quietly before locking it.

The click was loud in the quiet room, and I enjoyed how Lennox seemed to quiver in anticipation as she rocked back on her heels.

When she went to drop to her knees, I placed my hands around her hips and pulled her back up as I pressed the hard length of my growing erection into her backside.

“Stay,” I ordered.

When she didn’t move, I hooked my hands around her panties and started to slowly lower them to the floor.

As I went down to my knees, straddling her legs, I sighed in pleasure.

I loved looking at Lennox.

Any part of her was easy on the eyes.

But the heat of her, the most succulent piece of flesh was nestled between her thighs, and already wet.

I could see the slickness glistening off the outer lips of her sex, and she clenched when I moved my hand up to run my thumb through the growing wetness.

“You’re already ready for me,” I observed, leaning forward to take a deep breath of her scent.