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I pull up, seeing Nolan's truck. He started joining us a few weeks ago. Barrett's is there too, leaving me wondering where Jasper is. He hasn't been his normal self since he confessed to me about the stipulation in his grandfather's will. Understandably he's been quiet, but almost scarily so. Grabbing my bag, I head in.
"Hey y'all, anybody heard from Jasper? He didn't let me know he wouldn't be here, and I'm a little worried about him, considering what he's been dealing with."
"His grandfather?" Barrett asks.
I nod, and although Nolan doesn't know about it, he respects the privacy while our other friends Vaughn and Weston grumble along with Barrett. "I've been worried about him since he told me what's going on, and it's unusual for him to not even text me for a full twenty-four hours. He scooted out of the reception, and I haven’t seen him since."
"Yeah, nothing here." Weston looks at his phone. "We have to remember, he's a big boy and if he needs us, he'll let us know."
But I know him, and he won't let us know. He'll do something stupid, and then we'll have to bail him out. Whether it be physically or emotionally. Sometimes it's both. Right as I'm about to give him a call, he walks in.
"Hey, sorry I'm late y'all. Had a crazy day yesterday."
I'm about to ask him what was so crazy after he left the reception and didn’t answer my calls or texts when he takes his jacket off, and my gaze goes directly to his left hand. "What the fuck is that?"
He immediately goes to hide it, but I've already seen it. Reaching out, I grab for his arm.
"What are you doing?" He tries to yank away.
"Seeing if that's what the fuck I think it is, Jasper Hamilton."
He sighs heavily, rolling his eyes. "It is." He holds his hand up for all of us to see. A black wedding band circles his ring finger.
"What," Barrett asks, mimicking Scooby Doo, "Did you do?"
"I had to do something. I'm not about to let my parents' legacy die because my grandfather wants to be an asshole. He requires me to get married and produce an heir? Then that's what I'm damn well gonna do."
All of us look at each other, eyes wide, mouths hanging open. "Who the fuck did you marry?"
He smirks. "Daisy Williams."
My head spins around like I'm an exorcist. "The last time she saw you, she said she hoped you stepped on a lego and fell so hard you got amnesia, so you couldn't remember exactly how much of an asshole you are. How did you pull that off?"
Jasper has the nerve to smile. "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"Yeah. We all would."
“I saw her walking out of Get Baked, and the rest, as they say, is history..."
