Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 4

I never thought I'd end up in police station for indecency.

The person I knocked over was a 17-year-old teenager. He was sure I had bad intentions. Even though I denied it, he kept saying that I touched him. "Where did she touch you?" the police asked, scrutinizing every detail.

Brad Twain looked at me, pointed at his chest, then gestured down to his waist. "She touched me here, here...and even here." 'That's total bullshit!'

I almost cursed, I had never touched a man as handsome as Jace. How would I be interested

in a kid like him?

The officer looked at me again, and I denied it before he could ask. "I didn't lay a hand on him; it was just an accidental bump."

"Have you been drinking?" the officer asked, giving me a knowing look.

It was normal for men to drink a lot, but if a woman drank even a little, she was seen as improper.

I nodded. "Yes, I did."

"How much?" The officer's question seemed unrelated to the situation at hand.

Still, I answered honestly, "One bottle of beer.

at me in

on the ground

police were implying and explained again, "I wasn't drunk, and ! definitely wasn't

then looked at Brad. "Are you sure she touched you?

hit him. Before I could act, Brad's eyes

minor, he needed a guardian called in. I turned, wanting to explain to his family, but when I saw who had arrived, I was stunned. +15

in with a woman who had long, straight

classic unattainable crush

was.

happened?"

answer her but instead pouted at Jace. "Sis, is this your

look shifting from surprise to coldness as

a total creep. She touched me all over..." Brad kept lying with

stared at Jace. It had only

drop me off

at me. "Hi, Keira. I'm Tanya, Brad's sister." Her

course she knows me. I'm Jace's sidekick, always trailing behind him. Anyone who

I only knew about her because her husband, Desmond Blake, had died in a car accident recently, and Jace,

brother and fell on him. I didn't do any of the

know, he's always been

walked over and gave Brad two quick smacks on the head, then explained the situation to the police. They checked the surveillance footage and