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“We sprinkled her ashes off the bridge earlier this evening. It was hard on him,” I whispered close to Ted’s ear.
“I wish I could have been there for him, too. He’s all alone now, Mel. You need to help him through everything,” he whispered back. His comment gave me a sick feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach. I wanted to ask why he’d said that. Ash had him, too. Didn’t he? They were like brothers.
“You make it sound like you’re not going to be around much,” I said with a pout I hoped he’d catch. I didn’t like not having my brother around.
“I’m in Phoenix now, Mel. I wish I could be here for you both, but if I want to get ahead, I need to be there. It won’t be forever. I’ll move back someday. Maybe sooner than you think,” he added that last part with a warm smile and a strong arm around my shoulders, squeezing me to him.
Asher turned back around and handed me one of the pints.
“What is it?” I asked and Ash gave me a silly eye roll.
“Blue Moon. What else? It’s the only thing you’ll drink besides Guinness or Corona light.”
That was true. I wasn’t a huge beer drinker. I preferred wine more, but since Ted was drinking beer, I guessed Ash thought we should, too. I sipped. It was cold and hit the spot as if I’d been craving it all day.
We spent the next hour laughing and talking about what we would do when Christmas rolled around. Ted suggested we take a trip to Hawaii and said he would pay. Both Ash’s and my eyebrows shot up in surprise.
“That would be so cool,” I beamed. I had the best big brother in the world.
“I’ve been wanting to go, and well, I can’t leave my two best friends at home. Can I?”
“No. You can’t.” Ash laughed. “But you’re not going to pay for the whole trip. I can pay, too.”
“You bet,” Ted said, knowing there was no arguing about it because Ash wouldn’t go if he couldn’t pay. “I’ll start making plans when I get back to Phoenix. There’s a guy I work with who has a timeshare and he already said it was available. All we need now are plane tickets.”
“This is going to be so awesome!” I squealed. Christmas with my two best friends. In Hawaii. What could be better than that?
