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“She’s more athletic than me. She can’t help that.”
“Listen to you. You don’t even realize you’re doing it, do you?”
“Doing what?”
“Defending her. Making excuses for her. Stepping aside to giveherthe thingsyouwant.”
“I don’t do that.”
“Really?” She darts her hip out as she crosses her arms in front of herself. “Listen, I get that you love Lulu. We all do. But at some point you have to stop sacrificing your own happiness for hers. If you like Alec, you should tell him.”
“Pretty sure it wouldn’t do me any good at this point.” I sigh, deciding that denying my feelings is a moot point. Obviously I’m more transparent than I realized.
“How do you know?”
“You saw Lu. She already has her hooks in him.”
“She’s working on it; I’ll give you that. But if there was ever a time to just say how you feel, now is it. Otherwise you’re going to end up kicking yourself in the ass when it’s too late.”
“Maybe.” I scuff the tip of my shoe into the pavement.
“I just think it’s about time you stop taking care of everyone else and start taking care of Hope.”
“You act like I’m some selfless saint or something.”
“You kind of are.” She laughs, dropping her arms. “Anyway, I gotta go. I have to be at work by four. Just think about what I said... Okay?”
“Yeah, okay.”
“Love ya, Hope.” She gives me a quick one-armed hug.
“Love you too.” I force a smile when she pulls back and looks at me.
I know Bella means well, and while yes, Lu does tend to get a lot of the thingsIwant, it’s not like she intentionally walks all over me to get them. Or at least, I’ve never looked at it that way.
Without another word, Bella turns and heads to her car three spots over, leaving me to contemplate everything she just said, and what, if anything, I’m going to do about it.
