Page 3 of Falling for Brody

"I know you're rolling your eyes behind your hand."

She lifted it for a moment and glared at him. "How did you-"

With a nod from the other EMT, they gave both sides of her leg a good sharp tug.

Avalon cursed and then clapped her hand over her mouth again.

Brody could still hear her words even behind her palm.

"I don't like you anymore, Brody."

"Aww... I love you too."

"Mama?"

Brody turned his head and saw a small child on the other side of the road, standing beside the

car.

"Hey, buddy."

The boy waved at him.

"Chipper!" The other EMT stood up and put her hands behind her back.

Brody could see the blood on her gloves from Avalon's scrapes. No doubt she wanted to shield

her son from the nightmares he could have.

"Please, Chip. Get back in the car. I know it's taking a long time."

The boy shrugged. "I've got books." With another wave toward Brody, he climbed back

into the car and tugged the door shut.

Yeah, there was more to this new EMT than met the eye, but he wasn't so upset at new blood

coming into the station house.

When he turned back to look at Avalon, she was holding hands with the new hire, talking in earnest with his partner.

Partner.

Brody smiled at that thought.

He’d been on edge wondering who Joshua had picked for the job, especially because of Joshua’s silence on the subject. Brody had taken it to mean that his cousin knew he’d be upset.

It wasn't easy to find people willing to drop everything and move to Fallport, Virginia. It wasn't a bad town or all that small either, but a lot of people considered it a life altering change that they couldn't stomach. He'd grown up in Fallport and always loved it. He didn't want to leave the town and move anywhere else, but he could see that moving into Fallport could be a hard choice for someone who liked the hustle and bustle from a big city.

Brody wanted to make everything as easy as he could for her.

“Hey, Partner.”

Both women looked at him with a different expression. Almost comical in nature.

“Sorry,” he grinned,” I don’t know what else to call you.”

“Rhea,” she smiled softly, almost blushing. “Rhea Russell.”

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