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“Marco?”
“Surely me getting married three weeks later might excuse me from participating?”my brother asks hopefully.
We all turn to Cap, who’s now rubbing his chin with a thoughtful expression on his face.
“I’m thinking you should auction off something that your futurewifemight want ...maybe a dinner date ...or a full house clean?”Cap suggests.“Start your marriage off on the right foot.”
“Why not the left?”Scotty, the idiot, asks.Instead of answering, we all groan.
“You’re coming to the auction, right London?”Zach asks, glancing my way with a smirk.
“I was thinking about it.Not sure I can afford to bid on whatever it is any of you are offering up though.”
“Money or sanity?”I ask with a laugh.
She meets my gaze and grins.“Both!”
“Yes, she’ll be there.And if my baby girl has a winning bid, you all will be respectful.Won’t you?”Cap’s narrowed glare roams the room.
“Yes, sir,” the rest of the guys murmur in chorus.
“Luca?”
“Yes, sir?”
“You too.”
“Maybe I can offer to have someone tutor me as my prize.You know, for the lieutenant’s exam I have coming up ...”
“Whoa.Go Luc,” Rhodes says.
Marco pushes off the couch and comes up to me, holding out his hand and pulling me in for a bro hug.“Knew you couldn’t resist.”
I chuckle.“Maybe I want to show you and Rhodes up.”
“Yeah, good luck withthat.”
I turn back to Cap and London, the former looking very happy with my decision, the latter getting that soft, warm look on her face that makes me feel ten-feet tall and bulletproof.
“Well then.I guess time will tell if we haveanotherLieutenant Rossi in our midst.Won’t it?”Cap says.
“Yes, sir.”
“But no tutoring session for the auction.”
“I was joking about that.Lonnie’s going to be my study buddy and crack the whip.She’s the only one who could keep me focused and on task.”
“Just don’t get hot for teacher, know what I’m saying,” Scotty says, waggling his brows.His expression falls when Cap’s head snaps his way.
“Jones, you’re on cleaning duty for the week.”
“What?Why?I was only joking.”Scotty’s voice waivers.
“And next time you want to joke about my daughter’s love life, you’ll remember how you had to scrub the firehouse’s toilets with a toothbrush.Won’t you?”
London looks at me and mouths,“Oh my God,”and I have to bite my lip to stop myself from bursting out laughing.
“Yes, sir,” Scotty grumbles.
