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Sawyer
“Jones?”Addy asks. “Not Wy—”
“Nope,” I interrupt. She’s making a habit out of attempting to say his name and making me a bitch because I have to keep interrupting her. “Addison, this is Adam Jones.”
Standing, Addy extends her hand towards Jones, but he makes no move to take it. Instead, he stares at her hand as if he has no idea what to do with it. Then his eyes slowly lift, and I see something in them that I’ve never seen before.
“Jones,” I say, his attention now focused on Addy completely. “This is my best friend, Addison Larken.”
Still no movement from Jones. No noise. Nothing.
“Apparently Jones has lost his ability to speak,” I say, nudging him. “He’s normally a bit more social than this, I swear. In fact, I don’t remember the last time he’s shut up for this long. It has to be some kind of record.”
Addy laughs and that brings a smile to Jones’s face.
“Sorry, it’s nice to meet you, Addison. And please, call me Adam,” he finally says, taking her hand in his and bringing it to his lips.
The simple gesture makes me sigh before realizing what just happened.
Jones is smitten with Addy.
The reason I’ve never seen him look like that before is because he never has. Not since I’ve known him. He’s always been oblivious to girls.
Not Addy.
Addy is striking. Gorgeous long, light-brown hair that falls almost to her waist surrounds her perfectly symmetrical face and deep-blue eyes. A few inches taller than me, Addy’s lean body is as balanced as her face. Perfect, perky breasts and a tight, round booty.
I’m always telling her how beautiful she is, but she doesn’t see it. That’s the thing I love most about her. How modest she can be. The only thing she boasts about is how accomplished she is.
Top of her class at Stanford. First female to sit on the board of directors for the accounting firm she works for. Her favorite thing to brag about? Her office. It has the best view of Denver I’ve ever seen, and it’s twice the size of my office.
“You too,” Addy replies, pulling her hand away slowly.
Looking between the two of them I can almost see sparks flying. My heart soars for a moment, knowing that both of them have denied a chance at love, at a new beginning, for a long time. Addy because she wanted to make a name for herself, focusing on her career. Jones because he lost Sawyer.
The day he finally told me about her was one of the worst days of my life. I cried for him. I cried for her. I cried because I knew there was nothing else I could do. Life was unfair, and Sawyer, and everyone who cared about her, drew the short end of the stick.
“What should we do tonight?”I ask as we pack up our homework.
Wyatt was sick all last week and Jones was sick over the weekend. I’ve been bored out of my mind and I’m ready to get out and do something. Plus, now that Wyatt’s feeling better, I was hoping we could spend some time alone. Just the two of us. Catching up on lost time. My lips have almost forgotten the feel of his.
“Um, it’s not a good day,” Wyatt says, his attention directed at Jones.
“What am I missing?”
Looking back and forth from Wyatt to Jones, neither answers me right away. They communicate with each other with only a look and then Jones looks away.
“It’s Sawyer’s birthday,” Wyatt whispers in my ear. “I need to be here for him today. It’s always rough, and she would have been eighteen today.”
Nodding my head, I look over to find Jones holding back tears. I’ve seen him angry, irate even, to the point where I saw tears in his eyes. I’ve seen him laugh until he cried.
I’ve never seen tears of sorrow.
Moving quickly, I wrap him in my arms and feel the first tear as it lands on my hand. If he needs Wyatt today, he’s getting me too. I won’t leave him like this. I can’t.
“Let’s go,” I say, picking up my bag along with Jones’s and slinging them over my shoulder.
