"You make me sound like a pervert!" Ray answered with a shrill. "This is Asher's place. Asher's room. I'm Asher's..."

This was possibly the worst time ever to try to define their relationship with one word.

"I am a cop, okay!" When in doubt, Ray always turned to his trusty friend. "I don't have my badge on me--" Obviously. He still didn't have much on him at all. His shirt was tugged on hastily. "But as a cop, I am telling you not to breathe a word to him about this." He would never, ever live it down.