Fall for Me (Ladder Company Book 1) by JC Emery

Author:JC Emery [Emery, JC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Left Break Press
Published: 2015-04-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Melanie

Jameson’s text had said, SORRY, LULU. CAN’T.

“I’m walking here!” I shout over my shoulder, throwing my hands up in the air. The red-white-and-blue taxi cab picks up speed and flies around the corner just as I make it up onto the sidewalk. As strange as it may sound, this is something I desperately missed while I was in college. Sure, New Orleans has rude drivers. They even have overzealous cabbies. What they don’t have is the maddening hustle and bustle of thousands of cabs snaking through ridiculous, terrifyingly fast stop-and-go traffic, all with a daredevil disregard for their vehicles. It’s just one of those things I don’t think New Yorkers really appreciate until they’ve left.

It should have said, SORRY. DON’T WANT TO.

I’m half a block away for my first house watch volunteer shift of the summer. I had been prepared to start job hunting upon graduating, but then I realized I could do more good filling volunteer positions than I would as a poorly paid intern at a magazine or a newspaper when I don’t really need the money—at least not the kind of money those types of jobs provides. Dad could have hooked me up with the kind of internship that most undergrads would kill for, but that’s not really my thing. Dad’s the media mogul in the family, not me. It wasn’t until last summer that my goals really came fully into focus. When I left high school, I’d been so sure that I wanted to follow Dad’s footsteps and work in communications, but a few years in New Orleans changed that. I did my fair share of volunteering at a local women and children’s shelter, and after a while I realized I want to help people in bad situations.

Mine read, IT’S OK.

I even added a smiley face at the end.

Like it would help me feel less pathetic.

My bags were already packed, and I’d been to the spa for some routine maintenance.

It didn’t matter.

Helping people—that’s what I’m going to be doing at the firehouse. The more efficiently the house watch desk is run, the less the firefighters have to worry about. It’s a small but important part of the running of the house. I remind myself about all of this as I open the front door to the lobby and meet Royal’s eyes as she sits behind the desk. She’s got her long brown hair pulled back in a braid that trails down her back and a navy scoop-neck house tee with PROBY written in black marker above the department logo.

“Looking good in that uniform,” I say with a nod. Her blue-green eyes beam as she hops up with a full-fledged grin on her face.

“I’m so glad to see you!” She’s basically shouting, but it’s all good. I’m way excited to see her. It’s been almost three weeks since my graduation, and while I’ve seen her since, this is the first time I’ve seen her in her new Ladder Company threads. They barely differ visually from her old uniform, but it’s the symbolism behind her accomplishment that matters.

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