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Knowing her face must be a mess, she didn’t care It was late, and there were few people still walking around She reached the door of the building just as it opened, and out walked the guy froeant up there in rank He stopped when he saw her, and she stopped too They faced off for aof her heart surprised her She wiped the tears froretful now about her sudden outburst because she was certain she must look athan she first thought The long dark sheath of lashes that draped over his eyes as he blinked almost in slow motion nearly took her breath away
For an instant so quick it was over alhtest softening of his hardened stare as she wiped her eyes again But then it went rigid again
She started to reach for the open door, but he didn’t e," he said as stoned-faced as ever "I can’t let you in"
"But," she tilted her head, pinching her brows, "you know I’ your photo ID"
Regina s her chain "Are you serious?"
She didn’t think his expression could go any more severe, but it did, and she kneas absolutely serious "Those are the rules, ma’am"
Her mouth fell open for a moment, but she closed it quickly when she saw his eyes drop down to her open lips "I just need to get soot on my desk--"
"Without your ID, you’re not allowed"
Chewing the inside of her cheek in frustration, she squeezed her hand around her keychain She was teainst so of an assle Afraid soet her in trouble, she refrained
"Fine," she said through her teeth "I’ll go get it fro off to her car, and she wondered if he’d even be there when she got back,her need to walk all the way back to her car a waste of ti, she was pleased to see hi for her At least he hadn’t e she’d wouldn’t have anyone to show
Walking up the stairs, she looked hiave her no clue what his daot closer and he stared her down as she iined he did to intiood he was at it The deter aas beginning to wane as she got closer He held out his hand, and she shoved her badge into it, noticing that even as she pushed down his strong ared
His eyes were still on hers even as he held the badge in his hand, and it ulp, but she refused to look away Finally, he looked down at her badge and studied it She glanced at the badge he wore--Gunnery Sergeant Billings--but turned away quickly when he lifted his eyes froe and looked into hers His expression was coineer had the words "Senior" and "Lead" in thee, that was almost unheard of, but then she shouldn’t expect him to know that
"Make sure you always have this on you, Mrs Brady," he said, handing it back to her, offering not somade her walk all the way back to her car Then he just walked away, leaving her standing there
Seriously? Not even a goodnight or have a good evening? Regina was beginning to wonder if the man ever smiled She stood there, not sure if she should be ht out of her depressed mood because now she was pissed Who the hell did he think he was anyway? Heofficer, but she was not in the Marines She had her own superiors to answer to, and he wasn’t one of the completely annoyed as she made her way quickly to her office, she now hoped she’d never run into hiain Unlike the past few days where the anticipation of seeing the irl, she now had no desire to be anywhere near his self-iht to talk down to his recruits, ht to look at her orof resolve, she grabbed her Fitbit froeant Billings, because she kneas inevitable, she’d give hi The look that practically said just the sight of her left a bad taste in his ina had called her best friend, Janecia She was the only childhood friend who hadn’t drifted away over the years In fact, she’d been her best friend for as long as she could remember She’d even vacationed the last few years in New York and caina a week out of the year She also irl loved New York She’d been sorely disappointed that Regina had moved back because she’d hoped to move out there eventually Janecia was also the only one who knew about Regina’s secret, but even she didn’t know the whole story Regina was taking that to her grave Only Quinn, Mrs Shiina’s therapist knew the whole truth, and the only one Regina had any intention of ever reuniting as the latter