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"It might. If I dial it up to ten."
He shakes his head. "I'm gonna babysit you until you spill." His voice is steady.
His expression is confident.
I know my brother.
He isn't going to back down.
But that doesn't mean I have to make this easy for him.
The Keurig spits out the last drop of tea. I wrap my fingers around the paper cup. Bring it to my lips.
It's terrible, but the familiarity is comforting all the same.
I take a seat on the bench opposite his. Sip my tea like this is a normal Tuesday afternoon. "How's your girl?"
"Good. How's yours?"
"You heard Em. She isn't my girl anymore."
He raises a brow really, you're stopping there.
Yeah. That feels like a good place to stop. I opened my heart with Chloe. Now she's gone. What's the fucking point?
"Why'd she end things?"
"Why do you care?"
"You're my brother. My friend. I love you."
"Didn't realize you could admit that."
He shoots me that same really look.
I nod. Yeah. Really. Ryan isn't the cuddly type.
"Did she end things?"
"What do you think?" The sass does nothing to soothe me. It's empty. Useless.
"You're only convincing me you need help."
I guess I do.
"Let's try this again." He turns so we're face-to-face. "Why did Chloe end things?"
I reach for a sarcastic response. Find nothing. I don't need attitude. I need understanding. And nobody gets heartbreak better than Ryan does. "She didn't say."
"You do something?"
I rack my brain for something, anything. "I fell in love with her."
"Does she know?"
"Maybe. I didn't tell her."
"You should."
