“And youlovemy daughter?”
“You heard?”
He nodded his head and smiled.
“Yeah, I do.”
Dean’s eyes opened as we spoke, and he stretched out his legs and detangled himself from Liv. He cleared his throat and stood up. “Hey,” he greeted me.
“Hello, future brother-in-law,” I said with a smirk.
“I’m going to ignore that,” he grit out.
“Yeah, you do that. Did you hear anything else?” I asked.
His father patted me on the back and slipped quietly inside Brooke’s room, “I’ll leave you both to talk.”
Dean nodded quickly at his father. “Yeah. Anderson is suspended pending investigation. There’s been some pretty heavy allegations put against him, not only by Brooke, but from at least seven other women who work or have worked closely with him.” He smiled wide, like he was saving something even better.
“What else?” I asked, getting excited seeing his expression.
“He got taken out of the command in handcuffs. It was his gun that was used in the crime against the cadets.”
“Where is the wife?” I asked, low.
“Still in ICU. It’s touch and go. They’re hoping she makes it through the night. But if she does, she’s going away for a long, long time.”
“That’s an understatement,” I growled.
“Your brother did good, real good. We should give him an award for pulling her out of that building,” Dean said, softly.
“Yeah, he was amazing,” I agreed, proudly.
“And you, too. Thank you.”
“What? What did you say?” I mocked not being able to hear him. “It’s totally okay with you if I date your sister? Great, thanks for welcoming me into the family.”
“I said thank you, asshole.”
“Yeah, well I’m kind of in love with your sister.”
“Does she know that?”
“Yeah, I think she does.”
“And?”
“Well it might just be the meds talking, but either she or the morphine said they were in love with me too.”
“Then welcome to the family, jackass. You were already my brother.”
