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“Are you free tonight?”
“I’m flattered,” I chuckled. “But I don’t feel that way about you.”
He laughed. “Firstly, shut up, and secondly, the guys and I wanted to hang out with you. It’s been a while.”
“Yeah, it has, because you’re always out of the country. But I can’t tonight; I have to handle business.”
“Business as in actual work, or are you involved in some extra activities and calling it business?”
“The former. Club visits. Anything else?”
“No.”
“Goodbye, then.”
I hung up and went back to my moment of silence.
This was short-lived again, as my office door violently burst open.
“Mara.”
“If I murder someone, will you get me out of jail?”
I sat up in my chair, shocked. “What’s going on?”
“Answer the question,” she urged.
“Yes?” It came out as more of a question than a statement.
“Good,” I laughed. “Alex is getting annoying.”
“You can’t kill your husband.”
She scoffed. “I shouldn’t kill him.”
“What did he do?”
“That’s not the important part.”
“When’s your baby due again?” This had nothing to do with her initial problem, but what kind of brother would I be if I didn’t change the topic to something more peaceful?
“May 3rd, why?”
“Aren’t you supposed to be on maternity leave?”
“I should be, but I get bored just sitting at home with nothing to do but re-decorate the nursery for the billionth time.”
“What about your friends?”
“I’m looking at my only friend right now.”
“True,” I said and chuckled.
“You think you’ll ever love anyone again?”
Here we go again. My sister doesn’t rest on this topic. “Why are you so persistent in my love life, and the lack of?”
“I want you to be happy.”
