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We lived in a subdivision—one that housed about sixteen duplexes, almost all of them occupied by a cop or a cop’s kid—that was literally a hop, skip, and jump down the road
But then the first drop of rain hit ht as well stay
I was already dressed and ready to go And if it was short like they said it was going to be, then there was no reason for ain I was literally eight minutes from my destination if I left from here
“I’ll stay,” I murmured
Booth gavedown the road at the tra in the direction that he needed to go
“Who has a trampoline that lives near you?” I asked as I closed the door once otten into his truck
“The neighbors have grandkids They just bought it Why?” she asked
I turned to find her bent over, slipping on black sky-high heels that
I turned quickly away, but it didn’t matter The vision of her in my head was branded there for always
Delanie was super tall About five foot ten or so
She was blonde-haired, fair-skinned, and had the most exquisite pastel blue eyes I’d ever seen in my life
Which was saying so since Delanie had a twin sister, Dillan, as also identical to her
But there was just so about Delanie
She had short blonde hair that was just underneath her chin, and today it was curled and cute, and I wanted to latch onto it with both fists and kiss the hell out of her
But, alas, I couldn’t do that
Not to my brother’s baby mama
It was already really fuckin’ aard
Booth was in love with Dillan Had been since ere in high school
Yet, he’d had a kid with Delanie
It was athat had always been a faux pas since it’d happened
“Because it’s non the street I’one”
“Oh, no” She stood up, her face flushed froether in the dark the night before their grandkid’s birthday They seriously were out there forever with flashlights I felt so bad for them”
I winced
“Toet it back into place,” I said “What’s on your agenda tonight?”
Booth had said that she had a wedding to go to just like I did, but I never expected her to say what she did next
“There’s a wedding at The Back Porch Awith last year invited me,” she said “Actually, he blackmailed me He said that he had someone that he wantedOr, at least, he thinks his son would do ith one His son is diabetic They think that he would do really ith a service dog that could alert the were to happen”