Chapter 30
Everly POV
We had just pulled out of the hotel to go pick the kids up from school. I had managed to find an old photo on the internet today of Alpha Valen when he was a teenager, hoping that would quell Valarian’s burning curiosity and the questions he has about his father.
I still have no idea what to tell him about his father being my mate or if I should tell him that part; he would question me more. So, I was hoping to find a way around that one. We’re almost home when we hear sirens go off behind us, just as Zoe pulls onto the road. She curses under her breath, and glances in the rearview mirror.
“Shit,” I say. “I wonder why they’re pulling us over, you’re not doing anything wrong.” Was Zoe accidentally speeding?
Zoe’s brows furrow, and she pulls over onto the side of the road. She rummages for her registration papers from the glove box, nearly spilling the contents on the floor as she digs for her insurance and registration documents. The officer knocks on the window, and she winds it down.
“Afternoon, Ladies,” he says. Zoe looks at him like a deer in headlights, I watch her hands tremble nervously. Her sudden fear confuses me.
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“Afternoon, officer,” I answer when she says nothing and only stares at the man. I give him a brief wave.
“License and registration,” he asks, holding his hand out for the documents in Zoe’s hand. Zoe fumbles and I raise an eyebrow at her. Why was she so nervous?
“Here, sir,” she stammers, passing her documentation to him. He looks it over briefly and hands it back to her.
“I am afraid I have to book you for?” he pauses, walking around the car before kneeling in front of her Volkswagen and looking under it. He gets up, walking around to my side, checking the exterior of the car.
“Bald tires,” he states. I raise an eyebrow before I grit my teeth. Fucking Valen, it had to be him. This cop didn’t even look like he knew why he was pulling us over and it’s clear he is looking for any reason to target us.
“They’re brand new,” Zoe argues. The officer shrugs and starts writing her a defect notice when Macey suddenly pulls up behind us.
“Friend of yours?” he asks, and I look over the back seat to see her getting out of her car.
“Is everything alright, officer?” Macey asks, coming over and stopping beside him, he doesn’t even glance at her, just continues jotting down on his notepad.
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“Yes, your friend here has bald tires.”
“Bald tires?” Macey asks, looking at the wheels, clearly none of which are bald.
“Yep, I am giving her a defect notice; she shall have fourteen days to fix the issue, or I will pull her car from the road,” he explains.
“This is bullshit,” Zoe mutters.
“Pardon, ma’am,” the officer asks with a coy smile on his lips.
“Nothing, sir,” she sneers looking back out the windscreen, her knuckles turn white as she grips the steering wheel and I see a bead of sweat run down the back of her neck. The officer chuckles before handing her the paper.
“I’ll be seeing you later,” he states.
“Hopefully not,” Macey says and he laughs, wandering back to his car.
“Are you alright? You totally freaked out when he tapped on your window,” I tell Zoe, and Macey stops next to her window, watching the officer walk back to his car.
“Zoe?” Macey asks when she doesn’t answer me. Macey looks
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at her, concerned.
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“That’s Micah’s father,” Zoe admits. I gasp, swiveling my head to look back at the man as he pulls away and back into the traffic.
“His father is a cop? Does he know about Casey?”
“No, of course not,” Zoe says.
“I thought when he pulled me over… I don’t know. I thought maybe he found out about Casey and would demand and take her from me,” Zoe breathes.
“No one is taking our kids from us,” I reassure her, and she grips the steering wheel tighter. I rub her back and she takes some deep breaths.
“Come on, we should get the kids,” I tell her, and Macey reaches in, giving her hand a squeeze before going back to her car.
Macey left first, and we were nearly at the school when she, too, got pulled over by the same officer.
“That prick,” I growl, watching Macey pull over to the curb out front of the school. Other parents are staring at her and the officer when he gets out of his car.
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“What he get you for?” I ask when she catches up with us. We pull up a few cars down from her. Macey is standing on the sidewalk, arms folded and looking furious.
“Apparently, my headlight is broken because I use them all day, and me turning it on was a fluke,” Macey states, glaring at the officer, who appeared to be having way too much fun. The bells sounds and the kids rush out, Macey glancing at the kids rushing out suddenly touches the officer pulling his attention away from the kids rushing out.
Zoe quickly rushes over, shielding Casey with her body and keeping her out of sight of the officer. Zoe forces her in the car and straps her in quickly while Casey stares at her mother, clearly wondering why she was in such a rush. The kids
coming out, all eye the officer and murmur that he has a gun. The other Rogue parents rush off quickly, thinking he will start booking everyone. I shake my head holding my hand out for Valarian and helping him into the car.
“Want us to take Taylor?” I ask her, and Macey shakes her head.
“No, go
ahead. I need to drop her at mom’s anyway,” Macey calls out, making sure to cut off any view of us behind her as she leans on her car. Once we are in and pulling away, I see Macey opening the back door and buckling Taylor into her
booster seat.
We drive off, and Zoe lets out a short–lived breath of relief. We were about to pull into the hotel’s driveway when we hear
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sirens blaring and the cop car coming up behind us at high speeds.
“For fuck sake, not again,” Zoe says before her eyes dart to Casey in the back of the car.
“Swear jar,” Casey calls out.
“Casey, duck down in your seat for me,” Zoe tells her, and her little brows push together, Valarian watching with his ever- watchful gaze as he glances between the officer and Casey ducking down in her seat.
Zoe mutters under her breath. I see the officer get out of his car in the rearview mirror. Zoe immediately does the same, to prevent him from spotting Casey. As the officer approaches the car, I see him purposely peer into the trunk and rearview mirror. Just as he basically presses his nose against the window, Casey looks up. He looks next at Zoe, confused but mostly angry. That’s all it takes, one glance and you could sense your family, relatives, or mates unless incapacitated by drugs or alcohol.
“That’s my son’s…. kid?” he snarls, pressing his hands against the glass and looking in while Zoe tried to stop him.
“Why do you have her, how…I don’t understand. Open this door now,” he bellows.
I got out of the car, and Zoe was pulling on the officer’s arm
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as he tried to make his way to Casey’s side of the vehicle.
“I will arrest you for kidnapping,” he snarls at Zoe.
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“Get away from her, you aren’t taking her,” Zoe says, trying to shove him away from the car.
“Just try and stop me, move.”
I stand in front of Casey’s door, and he grips the handle before pushing me out of his way. Casey starts crying when I stumble, catching myself before I fall.
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