Sample **CH. 33** Sunday, 8/30 "Somebody got somethin' they need off their chest, or are y'all just stuck enjoyin' the air conditionin'?" Only Deputy Daniels had the nerve to step forward out of the crowd. With an oblivious grin, he gave Emmett's shoulder what he clearly thought was a supportive pat. "Congratulations, Chief. Can't believe you beat me to the punch even though you're a little up there to be havin' a kid." "I'm havin'... a what?" Emmett stared down at Daniels' hand until Johnny awkwardly snatched it back and made a cradling motion with both arms. "One of these? I mean, I wouldn't know if it's a boy or a girl. I thought that's what the checkup was for?" He leaned in, lowering his voice like that was somehow gonna help. "Or were y'all keepin' that a secret? I don't think anybody's told Lina yet since she's been busy workin' in your office-" Daniels looked around the room, finally beginning to realize he might've missed something. "Oh. You're still a bachelor even though she's been staying' with you?" His voice trailed off as he took in the increasingly disgusted looks on both my face and Emmett's. "I'm assumin' I'm sayin' somethin' that's not good news again? But I mean, havin' a child out of wedlock these days ain't exactly bad news-" "Who the hell said I'm havin' a child?!" Emmett pointed straight at Jonathan's forehead, his hand shaking once before curling back into a fist. "Scratch that, I have a clue. But Jonathan Scott, do you know who I am?" "Yessir." "Now do you know who this girl is?" "I mean..." Daniels glanced between the two of us. "Yessir?" The poor bastard suddenly looked like he was trying to solve a math problem with a gun to his head. "Okay..." Emmett dragged those two syllables out real slow and disappointed. "So, were you the child that got left behind?"
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