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presence at the Taste of Chicago.
    “She’s a cop ,” he
whispered in relief.
    Immediately, he buzzed Mary. “Get John on the phone.” 
    “Yes, Mr. Storm,” Mary answered.
    As he ended the call, he couldn’t suppress his smile. “She’s not a whore.”
    He was determined. He had to have her at least once.

 
      CHAPTER 5
     VICTORIA
     “This
shit is for the birds,” Victoria said looking over at Deon.
    There
were news cameras everywhere.
    Deon shook his and said, “I know, Vic. Just lower your hat
and keep your head down.” 
    Victoria would be avoiding cameras all day. She looked
around and noticed some folks that she knew from the Narcotics Division wearing
plain clothes and blending in with the crowd.
    Ain’t that
a bitch , she thought to herself.
    The “higher ups” in Narcotics watched out for their officers
safety while the bosses in Vice gave less than a fuck about the officers that
worked under them. Victoria decided to just get the day over with, hopefully
without incident. She conceded to the fact that, for the next ten hours, she
would be directing traffic, helping lost children, watching out for
pickpockets, giving directions to tourists, and chasing away gang bangers.
    Over the years, “The Taste” had become increasingly violent.
On the other hand, she was at the Taste of Chicago, so she decided to pig out.
By ten thirty, Victoria was full and exhausted. She’d been on her feet for more
than ten hours. Her gun belt was painfully digging into her hips. Some boss,
that Victoria knew was sitting in an air-conditioned squad car, finally came
over the radio and released the team from Vice.
    Victoria was frantically trying to get to her assigned
vehicle when she ran directly into a big body. She looked up, prepared to
apologize, and saw a tall man with the most intense grey eyes and a very sexy
smile.
    “Sorry,” he seemed to sing with a deep alluring voice.
    “No, no. It was my fault,” she said in a quivering voice that
didn’t disguise her attraction to him. 
    “Let’s go. I’m tired,” Steve’s voice boomed behind her. She
turned around to give him the evil eye for interrupting her conversation with
the gorgeous pedestrian. “Okay. Give me a sec,” she said turning back to the
handsome stranger.
    He was gone.
    Victoria cursed aloud, “Damn!”
    Oh well .
    She turned to Steve. “Let’s go, Cock Blocker,” she said to a
snickering Steve.
    They got in the car and waited for Deon to make it over to
them. The ride back was quiet. They were all tired. They finally arrived, and
Victoria headed straight to the locker room to get out of her uniform. She
hurried to her car and headed home. She arrived at her apartment, parked, and
headed towards her building.
    All of a sudden, Victoria got an eerie feeling that she was
being watched. She slowed her steps and looked around.
    Nothing.
    She was being paranoid. She shook off the eerie feeling and
entered her building. Victoria couldn’t wait to get into her apartment so that
she could shed her clothes and scrub the long day from her tired body. As she
unlocked her door and entered her apartment, she noticed that Mrs. O’Malley
didn’t make her usual appearance in her doorway.
    Maybe Mr.
O’Malley was giving the mean old bitch some lovin ’.
    “ Eww !” Victoria cringed
at the thought. She laughed out loud and headed into her apartment. She tossed
her bag on the floor by the door and headed to her bathroom, shedding her
clothes along the way. After a hot soothing shower, Victoria threw on a t-shirt
and panties and flung herself on her bed. Within minutes she was in a deep
sleep.
    Only a few hours later did the insistent ringing of her
phone snatch Victoria out of her peaceful sleep. She moaned and looked at her
clock. It was seven-thirty in the morning, and she didn’t have to be at work
until noon. She grabbed her phone and looked at the caller ID.
    It was Tracy.
    She pushed the talk button and moaned, “Tracy, some of