sweet and didn’t blame me at all. She even covered for me with her leather-vest wearing gorilla. She told Sig her hat fell off and it wasn’t me who tore it right off her so I could see her glorious, but damaged, red hair.”
“You only wanted to help her,” Carly said.
“Maybe you should keep your hands to yourself next time,” Matt grumbled.
“You’re right, Matty. I tend to get handsy.”
Marc and Carly’s eyes met over Teddy and Matt. Today was not a day for Teddy’s enthusiasm for life to be squashed by a broody Bryson.
“So...” Teddy turned to him, pasting a half smile on his face. “What did you get Leah?”
“A father who massages her feet. You might just think that’s a cheap gift, but it was actually expensive. It cost me my bachelorhood and a fortune in raising boys.”
“Your father is quite the charmer,” Teddy agreed. “You’re lucky he isn’t twenty years younger or he’d steal your wives away.”
“Mom would crack him upside the head with one of her cast iron skillets if he did.”
Teddy’s smile was back to being genuine. “She would need a new skillet. You all are so damn hard-headed. Now where is Max going?”
“Probably to get Greg’s surprise. Get ready,” Marc warned.
“We’ll need earplugs,” Matt said.
“So many babies in this family!” Teddy gushed. “It’s too much squishy cuteness. Like me.”
“You and Adam need one of your own,” Leah said, as she came over to the couch, Menace following her. When the Mastiff reached Trouble, he began licking the slobber off her mouth.
Matt wrinkled his nose.
Marc stood up to give his seat to his wife, but she just waved a hand. “I’m fine.”
“We don’t need a puppy,” Teddy said.
“A baby,” Leah clarified.
“We’d need a surrogate. Do you want to volunteer?”
“Leah is not having your baby,” Marc growled.
“Well, technically it would be Adam’s. But we would raise the little bundle of joy together.”
“Leah is not having Adam’s baby,” Marc growled again. The thought of Leah carrying another man’s baby made his blood rush. If his wife was going to be pregnant, then it would be with his sperm not his cousin’s.
“Well, look at you going full-on jealous gorilla, Marc.”
“I’m not carrying any more after this one. Sorry, Teddy,” Leah said.
The hairdresser sighed. “Well, there’s still Amanda.”
Marc snorted. “Oh yeah, I’m sure Max would be A-Okay with that idea.” His older brother was more possessive than Marc and Matt were.
“She should take one for the homosexual team.”
“Have you asked her?” came from Carly at the other end of the couch.
“Yes.”
“And?”
Teddy sighed. “She said her hoo-ha has never been the same again, so she’s not stretching it out a third time.”
“She did not enjoy pregnancy,” Carly confirmed.
“Well, if I could do it, I would,” Teddy stated.
“If men could get pregnant, there would be no humans left on this Earth,” Leah stated.
“Why do I hear my name over here?” Amanda asked, coming up behind Leah.
“Because Teddy has plans to knock you up with Adam’s swimmers,” Leah answered with a laugh.
Amanda’s face twisted. “Oh no. That is not happening. My vag was never the same again.”
“We already mentioned that,” Marc assured her.
“Oh, you were all discussing my vagina? Without me?”
“Why does Amanda’s vagina always come up in conversation?” Matt muttered. “I’m surprised she hasn’t named it.”
“Oh, it has a name. It’s—”
“No!” Matt cut her off. “I don’t want to know it. Christ.”
Amanda smirked. “It’s not Christ. Though sometimes Max does scream—”
“No!” Matt barked and surged from the couch, supporting the sling by holding Levi with one arm. “Not today, Satan.”
Marc snorted. Carly had both hands covering her face as she shook. And Teddy’s green eyes just volleyed back and forth between Matt and Amanda.
“It’s not Satan, either,” Amanda announced. “Though, that might be more fitting.”
“Well, it looks like we’ll have to find an available hoo-ha elsewhere,” Teddy announced. “Carly, do you know of any?”
“I know plenty of hoo-has, Teddy,” she answered. “I’ll keep you in mind if one becomes available.”
“We need to do it soon,” Teddy said, staring across the room at Adam.
“Don’t you have a wedding to plan first?” Marc asked.
“We’re not talking about that right now,” Teddy grumbled.
Marc glanced at Amanda and she only shrugged.
Leah settled in Matt’s empty spot on the couch.
“You could’ve moved over so my wife could sit next to me,” Marc said to Teddy.
“Why? She gets you all the time. When do I ever get to cuddle with you, big boy?”
“Apparently, she let the secret out.”
“What secret?” Amanda asked.
“About how big I am,” Marc said with