
“I’m covered in glitter! You sent me a glitter bomb? Brandon has it all over him! It’s all over the sofa!” Kristen rolled forward, putting her forehead to my shoulder in laughter. There’s tape on the-AHHHHHH! Are you kidding me, Kristen?! What the hell!” I could picture his face, that easy smile on his lips. The note says to call you before I open it.

“You found a company that mails potatoes with messages on them? Where do you find this stuff?” “Something is seriously wrong with you,” Sloan said.

“Why? Did you get an anonymous potato in the mail?” Kristen covered her mouth with her hand and I had to stifle a snort. I’ve been waiting for this call all day.” She put a finger to her lips for me to be quiet, hit the Talk button, and put her on speaker. She grabbed her phone and whirled off my lap. If I pushed her down across my knees, I could spank her ass. She put her beer on the coffee table and dove across my lap for her phone, sprawling over me. “A cell phone rang from the end table to my right and Kristen bolted up straight. I’d streak through and be gone, and Josh would forget me before we knew it.” I was nice to look at, fun to observe, but I’d never give life or be the center of anything. He would be the center of a big family one day, just like he wanted, and they’d all adore him.Īnd I was just some passing comet. And nobody else really matters because you have your own universe.”

Share looks and text each other from across the room when everyone else is being an asshole. You laugh about it and have each other’s backs.

“You marry your best friend, and at family gatherings you deal with your shitty relatives together. “Marrying your best friend.” He wiped his mouth with a napkin. “What?” I said, spreading strawberry jam on my toast. “You know what I think the trick to dealing with family is? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately.”
