Chapter 28: Start Spreading The News
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morning at the bullpen
Jack:
Listen up, everybody. I have an important announcement to make. I’m retiring. (pretends to be sad)
Bobby: What? Did someone hit you in the noggin?
(smile and laughs)
Jack:
Gotcha Crash. I’m not retiring from the bureau; however I am retiring from bachelorhood. This weekend I asked Sue to
marry me. (megawatt smile and laughs)
Sue: Of course, I said YES! And I have never
been happier in my entire life. (radiant smile)
Bobby: So when is the wedding of the century going to take
place? (smile and teases Jack)
Sue: Next June, we want you all to be there. Maybe you’ll
even be in the wedding party. (lighthearted smile)
Bobby: You’re making Sparky wait that long for you
two to get hitched? (smile and laughs)
Lucy: Congratulations to you both. Let this be a lesson to
you Bobby and Myles. Sue and Jack can not get married this year as much as they would like to because everything is booked
solid. (smile)
Bobby: See this is why I’m never going to settle down.
Too much work and your woman try to rope you into doing all these crazy things for her after the “chicken dance”
and honeymoon phase is over. (smile and teases Jack)
D: Congratulations, Jack and Sue. Don’t pay attention
to Crash, it’s no wonder he’s still single. He and Myles have a testosterone disorder. (smile and laughs)
Myles: Hey, don’t pick on me, especially when I haven’t
said anything. But I suppose Congratulations are in order for the happy couple. Whatever you do, don’t make me be an
usher on your wedding day. (smile and laughs)
Sue: I just decided Myles should be an usher on our wedding
day. What do you think, Jack? (lighthearted smile and laughs)
Jack: Great idea,
Sue. Myles and Dimitrius will be the ushers on our wedding day. Looks like you’re all going to be in our wedding party
in one way or another. And I will call Mark and ask him to be an usher as well. (megawatt smile and laughs)
Tara: Congratulations to you both. I want to see your engagement ring, Sue. Tell us how Jack
proposed. Don’t leave one single detail out. (smile)
Sue: We went on a dinner cruise and then Jack proposed. It
was unbelievable. Everything was perfect. (radiant smile)
Tara: Wow! That is some rock you’ve got there. I hope Bobby and Myles
are jotting down notes for when you two need to impress or should I say propose to your girlfriends. (smile)
Myles: Well now you’ve done it, Sparky. You make it harder for the
rest of the male population to get dates from now on. Not to mention we have to be romantic for our dates even if it kills
us. Where’s the fun in that? (smile and laughs)
Lucy: That’s not a bad thing for you two boys to learn. (smile and
laughs)
Bobby: I resent that. I am perfectly capable of being just as romantic as
Jack over there. And I don’t like to brag, but Darcy has nothing to complain about with me. FYI-We are happy with our
relationship just the way it is. (smile and laughs)
Jack: It’s not my fault you
open your big mouth, Crash. (megawatt smile and teases Bobby)
Bobby: Thanks a lot, mate. Now you made all these ladies gang up on me and
Myles. But just the same, I would like to say Congratulations, Sparky. I figured you were a goner from way back when. That
was a given. (smile and teases Jack)
Jack: Don’t feel too bad,
I’d be happy to give you and Myles pointers in the finer art of romance. (megawatt smile and laughs)
D: Welcome to the married men club, Jack. I was getting lonely all by myself
in the clubhouse. We should have a guys’ night out and I’ll give you the scoop on what it is really like to be
married. You’re going to need my expert advice, especially on how to survive her wedding plans. That will drive any
man up the wall even on a good day. (smile and laughs)
Jack: Thanks, Big D. I had a crash
course no pun intended Bobby and Myles. Last night when Sue gave me a rundown of the list that seems to stretch on for miles
with upcoming wedding plans. I woke up with a bad headache this morning. (megawatt smile and laughs)
D: I’ve been there where you are now.
Hey Sue, can Jack come out with us tonight? We’re going to drink beer. It’s time for us men to have a male-bonding
time. (smile and laughs)
Sue: Only if you have Jack home at a decent hour and you don’t go
bar-hopping. (lighthearted smile and laughs)
Jack: Hello, I’m still in
the room and I can speak for myself. Of course, I can go out with you guys tonight and drink beer. Sue does not tell me what
to do. I repeat I do not need Sue’s permission to go out with my buddies. (megawatt smile and laughs)
Myles: Yeah. That’s what you say now. We all know that’s going
to change, Sue is going to have all the authority at home. After you’re married, say goodbye to your freedom. Literally,
you will be toast. You’ll have to listen to her or else you’ll be force to sleep on the couch or worse in the
doghouse. (smile and teases Jack)
Jack: Myles, I still have photos
of you dressing in drag and I am prepared to email the photos to everyone I know and you’ll be the laughing stock of
the bureau. Got anything to say? (megawatt smile, laughs, and teases Myles)
Lucy: Cat got your tongue, Myles. Well, if the guys are going out tonight
I say we have ourselves a girls’ night at our apartment. We can dish about Jack and help Sue figure out her wedding
plans. (smile and laughs)
Tara: That’s a great idea. I’m in and I bet Emma would like to
join us. If that’s okay, Sue?
Sue: I say the more the merrier. I could use all the help I can get. Jack
wasn’t the only one who woke up with a headache this morning. (lighthearted smile and laughs)
Lucy: Then it’s settled. I’ll call Donna, Darcy, Diane, and
Renee to see if they can join us tonight. We are going to have so much fun. (smile)
Tara: I thought of another idea. We should throw Sue a bridal shower. (smile)
Lucy: Tara’s right. We should also
throw Sue and Jack an engagement party. (smile)
Tara: We’re going to have lots of parties before the wedding of the
century takes place. This is so exciting. Sue is Cinderella and Jack is her Prince Charming. What a wonderful love story.
(smile)
Bobby: Hey, we can’t let the ladies have all the fun. I say, we throw
Jack the ultimate bachelor party. Jack’s last hurrah if you will. The one party guaranteed he will never forget before
he goes over to the other “dark” side. (laughs and teases Jack)
Myles: Yeah. The good news is there will be more single women around for
me and Bobby. The bad news all the women will probably go home first and cry their hearts out because Jack is officially off
the market. (laughs and teases Jack)
D: Actually, being married does have some advantages. That’s if you
manage to survive your wedding ceremony. All kidding aside, the smartest decision I ever made was the day I asked Donna to
marry me. I can’t imagine my life without her and my kids. Nothing compares to where I am now. (smile)
Myles: Okay. Enough of the mushy-love-stuff, this is the FBI after all.
We have another case to solve. Let’s get to it before the trail runs cold.
