Police Officer’s Princess by Flora Ferrari

I’m a single father to a rambunctious little girl, and a police officer in one of the toughest cities in America.

Whether I’m trying to figure out where my popcorn disappeared to on movie night with my daughter or where the suspect in the case I’m working on is hiding the evidence, I can always tell who’s telling the truth and who’s not.
So why can’t I be honest with myself when it comes to her?
I swear I’m not interested in my best friend’s little sister.
Not the shy girl with the pigtails from years gone by.

But the way she’s looking at me tells me she’s not so shy anymore, and it’s making this officer want to frisk her with a pat down.
And those pigtails I used to pull on to tease her? Now I want to pull those long locks of hers for a different reason.
But as much as my visual inspection makes me want to break out my nightstick and yell “spread em,” it’s the way her and my daughter are becoming partners in crime more and more every day that makes me know I’ve got the only girl who could be my partner for life. They’re teasing me, surprising me, and reminding me what it’s like to live and love again.

My actions leave no alibi. When it comes to locking her up and throwing away the key I’m guilty as charged. But before I give her the key to my heart, I suspect I’ll have to resist her brother’s case for a domestic disturbance when he bursts through the door like a battering ram at the most inopportune time.