Trust Ch. 07

"Yeah...this way," Tricks said as he led Mike to his office. "So Mike what's up? Man it's great to see you. What are you doing now?"

"I'm a detective now and I'm doing good." Taking a deep breath, Mike continued, "Tricks, I knew you were Sally's foster brother."

"What? Why did you..."

"I had to. You need to sit down."

"What's going on?"

"I think Sally is getting involved into something that she possibly doesn't know anything about."

"What? What's going on Mike? Just tell me plain."

"We think Rhonda..."

"That fucking bitch," Tricks yelled as he stood up abruptly. He paced the little office a few times trying to get his temper down. "I knew that bitch wouldn't stop until she dragged Sally into one of her shit."

"Tricks, calm down. That's what I came to talk with you about. Why did you automatically assume Rhonda was pulling Sally into something?"

"Mike that girl is always in trouble. She was my Ma's foster kid too but we all tried. No matter how much we tried telling Sally to stay away from her, she keeps telling us she's gonna change and we have to give her another chance. Fuck her an' anymore chances. I'm done with that ho...all she wants is easy money and a sugar daddy. Sally's always been smart enough not to get caught up in her crap until now. What the fuck has she done this time? I tell you Mike, I'll kill her ma damn self if she fucks up Sal's future. Sal's a good girl and she's only done right by that skank."

"Okay, now that I know how you really feel, help me keep tabs on both of them. I think Sally's innocent..."

"You think? Mike, I know Sal's innocent..."

"I'm pretty sure she is but I need solid proof, I must have solid proof. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what's going on but I don't know what she does know. I really need to know everything going on with Sal, I mean everything. I need her schedule but I can't let her know."

"I'll give you everything under one condition, keep her out of it. She's a good girl Mike. Please you have to help her."

"Tricks, I'll do my best. I promise."

"You'll hear anything that I hear."

"Good now what type of car is she trying to get?"

"I'm gonna look for an Infiniti...she'll look good in that."

"Yeah, I agree. What is her favourite colour?"

~!~

Storm sat at this desk after just finished putting away some files that were going into storage. He was actually in the process of closing some pending cases. While he enjoyed being an ADA it was time to move on. This job was his father's idea; to hone his skills as a lawyer and his first loss was all it took. But now it was time to sharpen his skills in a different arena. He would assume his position as the managing partner at the firm he had inherited from his father and godfather, Henry Lister. But as he sat in his chair thinking about the upcoming changes he also thought about the changes that were happening now, in his personal life. Sally was definitely an unexpected but welcomed change in that area. Interlocking his fingers, he leaned back into his chair and remembered how having her with him over the weekend felt. The joy of touching her very soft skin, feeling her move beneath him, hearing her moans of pleasure were wonderful, but the best part was the comfort of feeling her beside him as they slept. It was why her barriers going up again had him a bit worried. He didn't want to lose the progress he'd made so far. He wanted her to trust him because her trust was beginning to mean something to him.

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Sally stopped at the door to her apartment and looked out to the street. For some reason she didn't want to be at home but she had nowhere else to go. She decided to go upstairs to see Paul. Knocking at the door, she waited for Paul to answer knowing he was going to drill her about where she'd been for the last few days. But when the door opened, it wasn't Paul who stared at her but a very good looking blond man wearing nothing but a very tight pair of underwear.

"Yeah, what can I do for you honey?" he asked in a very feminine voice.

"Oh hi, is Paul here?"

"And who are you?"

"I'm his friend Sally from downstairs."

"Oh yeah...well he's sleeping. Want me to tell him you stopped by?"

"Yeah...yes, if you don't mind. That would be great. Thanks...have a great day."

"Same to you," the man replied and closed the door as Sally turned away.

She was walking down the stairs when her phone rang. Looking at the caller ID she first told herself to let it go to voicemail but she wanted to hear his voice so she answered.

"Hi."

"Hello to you. What are you doing?" Storm asked.

"I'm...nothing, just getting into my apartment."

"Have lunch with me."

"Sorry I can't. I have some more errands to finish," she said walking into her apartment.

"You need to eat."

"I'll eat when I'm finished. I'm not hungry now." She sat on her bed, "Aren't you busy?"

Storm laughed, "Nothing that will prevent me from having lunch with you...okay then...have dinner with me."

"I'm having dinner with a friend already."

"Oh you have date that fast?"

"He's my friend from upstairs and I haven't seen him in a while. I'm sorry I can't."

"Okay. I'll talk with you tonight."

"Bye."

She lay back on her bed and wondered why lied to Storm about dinner with Paul.

~!~

"I saw her foster brother today," Mike said as he walked into Storm's office with the file Storm had requested.

"Okay, who?"

"Sally."

"You know who her foster brother is? When did you see him?"

"Early this morning. I went to school with Tricks many years ago before my family moved away. His mother was Sally's guardian. But get this, Rhonda was also a foster child but everyone loved Sally more."

"Why?"

"Apparently Rhonda is always in trouble. Tricks is going to keep me in the loop with anything he hears from Sally and he's going to ask Jack to do the same."

"Wow! You got a lot done this morning but I wonder why she had to see him today?"

"She's getting a car."

"A car?"

"Yeah. Tricks gets cars from the auction. Which reminds me I need to speak with the guys in auction to see if I can get a heads up when the good stuff comes in." "

"What type of car does she want?"

"Tricks was thinking of an Infiniti G35 or G37. We both think she'll look really hot in a G37 sport."

"Yeah, I think that would fit her nicely also."

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