Sabrina
My phone rang, pulling me out of my work haze, and I saw Luca’s name on the screen, so I answered. “Hi.”
“Hey, sissy. Fox has been delivered to Mom and Dad without incident. I needed to get back to the office, but I left a patrol unit on the house. I also saw an unmarked van parked across the street, so I investigated. It’s one of Stoney’s guys.”
“Okay,” I said carefully.
“I did a quick check on him.”
“Luca—”
“He’s clean, Bree, so I didn’t fuck with him.”
“Thank you.” I sighed. “Does that mean you’ll stop fucking with Stoney?”
“No.”
“Luca, he’s clean. You know he’s clean, why do you feel the need to poke the bear?”
“Because my little sister’s in love with the asshole and I mean to make sure he’s worthy of her.”
I blinked back tears. I swear, my brother was one of the best people on the planet... when he wasn’t being nosy. “Are you serious right now?”
“I didn’t do this with Ria, Bree, and I regret that every fuckin’ day.”
“You don’t need to do that with me, LuLu,” I pressed. “I’m a better judge of character than Ria was. Although, considering the fact she made a baby with Stoney, she wasn’t a bad judge after all.”
“You don’t think that’s weird?”
“No. Because it all happened a long time ago, and I didn’t come here looking for a date, Luca. I came here looking for Felix’s father. Which I found. I just didn’t expect he’d be so wonderful.” I bit my lip. “He’s a really good man, Luca, and if you’d pull your head out of your ass long enough to look around, you’d see that too. Please don’t make me pick between you two, because it will break me.”
“I’d never make you choose, Bree,” he said with a loud sigh. “It’s just gonna take me a minute to wrap my mind around him.”
“I get it,” I said. “Do it for Felix if you can’t do it for me.”
“I’d do anything for you, sissy. Don’t ever doubt it.”
“Okay, then make nice, please.”
“I’ll try.”
“Thank you.” I looked up to find Stoney walking toward me, a look of concern on his face. I smiled, and he seemed to relax a little as he sat beside me. “I need to go, but I’ll keep you posted on what I need with Felix.”
