Ms. Woodward.”
Gabby dropped her gaze to the screen and coughed uncomfortably. “Well—”
“Actually.” Theo snapped his fingers like he had an epiphany. Gabby’s eyes pulled back to him at the sound and he pointed at her. “You, sis, need a new wardrobe.”
Oh, hell to the fucking no.
Emma clasped her hands together. “Oh, that’s exciting.” The teenage girl gave Gabby a once-over, at least what she could see from her sitting on the couch. Gabby was wearing gray sweatpants and a well-worn LAPD sweatshirt.
“Why do I get the feeling,” Gabby said slowly, “that I’m being set-up? And if you need a tuxedo, I’m sure you have a personal shopper. Or could have them deliver it.”
“I haven’t had my measurements taken in a few months.” He flexed his arms and shrugged his shoulders the way she’d seen Kelso do when he was showing off his traps.
“Okay, suppose I bite. Where exactly are we going?”
“Where else?” Theo chortled. “Rodeo Drive.”
Gabby felt the blood drain from her face. Good thing Levi and Declan walked in from the pool area while she digested that info.
“Been looking for you two,” Levi said.
“I told you to leave your sister alone,” Declan said, but there was amusement on his face.
Gabby narrowed her eyes. Were they in on this too? After finding out Theo was her son, somehow she’d reverted to being his sister and hadn’t overanalyzed how to treat him. Her situation was different from Declan’s. He had no prior relationship with Theo. Having to work from home while Division underwent a deep clean was a blessing in a way. She could figure things out in her personal life now that the Ortega case would be drawing to a close. He was probably already dead, but there was no news from the LAPD or the CDC. Gabby was sure they needed a formal death certificate to close the case. Meanwhile, Chen had been released from the hospital to home quarantine after the virus had shown inactive levels, but the captain had developed a fever. Gabby had been convincing herself that he was going to be okay, that he’d received the antiviral in time.
There was still the question of the missing Claudette. The clinic doctor who’d helped her was found dead and buried in a shallow grave in a Nevada desert. At first, the Vegas PD thought it was a mob hit, but when Gabby followed up with the doctor’s last known address, they’d linked their cases together and had been sharing information on their investigation. Gabby had just shot off an email to the Vegas detective-in-charge, thanking them for their cooperation when she was interrupted by the teenager.
“Theo informed me he needs to go shopping,” she told Levi. “Rodeo Drive.”
“Yeah, I was making necessary arrangements.” Levi grinned. “We’re going on a field trip.”
“We?” Gabby repeated, and then glanced at Declan who raised both his hands like he had nothing to do with it.
“Weren’t you guys supposed to be practicing field stripping an M9 blindfolded?”
The script of Hodgetown was quickly rewritten to give Theo a break from the action scenes. His character was stricken with temporary blindness, so the teen suggested that Levi teach him to disassemble and assemble a gun while blindfolded. They’d been rehearsing this for the past two days, even went to Revenant Ranch to practice shooting blind. It had been hilarious watching the guys time each other. Declan could field strip an M9 and put it back together in twenty seconds without looking at what he was doing.
“I got it done in forty seconds this morning,” Theo said.
“That’s really good,” Gabby said.
“It’s still twice Roarke’s time.” The teen shrugged in disappointment.
“You’ll get there,” Declan said.
“It’ll look badass on film, baby,” Emma said, kissing his cheek.
Theo slung his arm around her and pulled her closer. “What kind of kiss is that?” he chided before planting a big, sloppy one on her lips.
“Ew, that’s disgusting,” the girl protested and pushed away from Theo who proceeded to tickle her. It ended up with Emma running away giggling and Theo chasing her.
Gabby burst out laughing, but stopped short when her eyes landed on Declan. He was watching her with an intensity that made her squirm. They had not had sex since that night, but he’d been dragging her into corners for quick kisses or make-out sessions.
They’d been behaving like a couple of teenagers themselves.
A cough sounded beside them. “Annnnd, I know when I’m the fifth wheel,” Levi chuckled. “You think you can leave within the hour?”
“Wait a minute, guys.” Gabby