Chapter 13
A plate of scrambled eggs and bacon appeared before Antonio. "Nice," he said.
Buffy sat down opposite him and stacked her bagel with the eggs and bacon making a sandwich.
"That looks good."
She nodded and swallowed. "Do you want some more coffee?"
"Please," he said as he looked at the bottom of his cup.
She left the table and walked over to the coffee pot. She pushed a button and hot water immediately passed over the coffee filter.
"You fill it up before you go to bed?" he asked.
"Yes. That way I don't have to scramble around looking for everything when I'm half asleep."
"That's a good idea."
Just as she sat back down at the table, her back door opened. She looked up and her mouth dropped open.
Marco took in the scene before him and couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Well, isn't this cozy? Sorry to interrupt," he said.
"Hey, Marco," Antonio greeted him.
Buffy covered her face with her hands.
"Can I see you outside, Bro?" Marco asked.
"Sure." He looked over at Buffy. "Be right back."
Antonio stepped outside and closed the door behind him. "What's up?"
"What's up? You're sitting at the table eating breakfast like you don't have a care in the world? I thought you had enough decency to wait more than two dates before you sleep with my sister!" Marco exploded.
"Hold it! Turn it down a notch, Marco. I'm not sleeping with Buffy. I just stopped over with bagels and coffee." He could tell Marco didn't believe him. "Think about it. She came home alone last night after our date, right?"
"Well, yeah," Marco admitted. "But that doesn't mean you couldn't come over later after you knew I wouldn't be there."
"For all I knew you were sleeping on the couch. I didn't know about the fight you two had until this morning."
"Oh, she told you that?" he challenged.
"Yes. She was very upset. I was trying to cheer her up. She loves you so much, she was still upset about the fight you two had last night."
"I did go a bit too far last night. I came over to apologize to her and find you here."
"Maybe it was a bad idea for me to come over," Antonio started. "But we had such a good time last night and I wanted to see her again."
Marco looked at Antonio for a long minute. Being a police officer, he could tell when someone was lying to him. Antonio knew the same thing, so it could be possible that he could be lying. He decided that Antonio was telling the truth. "Ok, ok. I'm sorry. I should have given you the benefit of the doubt. I just don't want her to get hurt."
"I understand that. I don't want her to get hurt either."
"Make sure you don't hurt her. I'm going in to apologize to her. Give me 5 minutes, then come back inside."
Antonio nodded. "Sure."
Marco walked across the yard and up the porch steps. He opened the door and stepped inside. "Buff?" he called.