Passion In James County X
Badge of Dishonor
By D.C. Roi
Chapter five
"321 to Jamestown," Rod Billingham said into the microphone of his cruiser's radio.
"Jamestown, go ahead, 321," the dispatcher replied.
"I'm 10-41," Rod said, using the radio code that indicated he was on duty. "I'll be stopping to do a follow-up interview on a B & E investigation before I come in to the office this morning."
"Copy, 321," the dispatcher said. "Do you have an ETA this location?"
"I should be there in about an hour, hour and a half, max," Rod replied.
"Copy, 321," the dispatcher said. "An hour to an hour and a half."
Rod turned his cruiser off the main highway, drove a little way down a narrow blacktop road, then turned again, onto a dirt road. A short distance down that road he pulled up in front of a small house.
"321 to Jamestown," he said into the radio mike.
"Go ahead, 321," the dispatcher replied.
"Be off on Adams Road, on portable, for that investigation follow-up," Rod said.
"Copy, 321, you'll be off on Adams Road, on portable, investigation follow-up," the dispatcher said.
Rod shut the cruiser's engine off, got out, and started toward the small house.
Inside the house, Nancy Burke was just about to start doing laundry. She was married, but had no children. She was tall, about five-ten, full-bodied, and had close-cropped flaming red hair. Her breasts were quite large, and pushed out against the pale blue shirt she wore, along with a khaki A-line skirt. She heard a knock on her door and went to answer it. When she opened the front door and saw the tall police officer standing there, she smiled nervously. "Hi, Rod," she said softly.
"Hi, babe," Rod said. "You don't mind my stopping by this morning, do you?"
Nancy shook her head. "Of course not," she replied.
Rod had stopped at her house a few weeks earlier to investigate a burglary she had reported. Someone had broken into their garage and stolen some of her husband's tools. That first meeting had led to others, and during his third visit, they wound up in bed. He'd been stopping by two or three times a week since.
Rod walked by Nancy, into the living room, laid his "Smokey Bear" hat on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and began unbuckling his pistol belt.
"Rod, I...we...this is wrong...we...we shouldn't be..." Nancy stammered. She knew her protests were pointless, that she wanted him to be there and wanted to do the things she knew they'd do. But it was a part of a ritual that had developed between them. "I can't...not again."
"Come on, babe, sure you can," Rod said. He began unbuttoning his uniform shirt. "I know you don't want your old man to know why you're getting so much police attention lately. You don't do you?"
"I...I..." Nancy mumbled. She felt herself begin to tremble. He was right. If her husband found out what she was doing, he'd divorce her. "Please, Rod!" she said, trying to make it sound like she was protesting, even though she was really becoming aroused. "This isn't right! I'm a married woman. You're a married man!"
"Fuck that marriage shit!" Rod snapped. "Last time I was here you were hornier than I was, for Christ's sake! Hell, I know you like fucking me! Maybe more than I like fucking you!" He liked their little game almost as much as Nancy seemed to. But he knew something she didn't. If she continued to resist him, he'd take her anyhow.
Once he had his shirt off, Rod walked across the living room and pulled Nancy roughly into his arms. His lips crushed against hers in a bruising kiss, then he took his mouth from hers, breathing hard. "Ready to go to your bedroom?" he asked.