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“Rory can’t keep a houseplant alive.” Callie reached for the bread basket and took out a roll.
Rory scowled at her. “What does that have to do with a vet?”
“Well, he’s a caregiver and you’re…um…well, you’re better at coding and eating gummy worms.” Callie buttered the roll and took a bite. “I mean, there’s a reason Aria has never tried to force a cat on you.”
“Good point.” Rory gave a short nod and turned back to her phone.
“The universe is open to many possibilities,” Destiny remarked. “Don’t close the door on them before you’ve even learned what they are.”
Though Callie often dismissed Destiny’s mystical musings, she kept that credo in the back of her mind as they spent the next hour chatting and eating. It could very well be true that she had many undiscovered possibilities ahead of her.
After dinner, Brooke headed home to work on an article for the following day, and Destiny sidled over to the bar to attempt to “get a reading” on Grant’s aura.
Probably on his “sexual energy,” too, Callie thought with amusement as she and her sisters left the tavern. Together they walked back to Mariposa Street in the evening chill.
“Come on up.” Aria unlocked the front door and ushered them inside. “Hunter is staying at his place tonight because he’s heading to San Francisco early in the morning. We can watch a show or a movie.”
Callie couldn’t remember the last time she and her sisters had watched a movie together. They climbed the worn staircase to Aria’s cozy little room, which she’d decorated with plants, hanging tapestries, and lots of bright, colorful cushions. Aria popped popcorn in the kitchenette while Callie and Rory perused the TV offerings.
They were soon huddled on the sofa together with blankets and a big bowl of popcorn. Callie settled her stockinged feet on the coffee table.
Aria nudged her in the side. “So what about your One True Love, sis?”
Callie didn’t even bother denying that Jake was her One True Love. The seed might have been planted fifteen years ago before blossoming into a love that filled her entire heart. As it turned out, the kind of love she’d once only read about was actually real.
“He’s busy with his new movie.” She shrugged and ate a piece of popcorn.
“Did you try the red jasper before he left?” Aria asked.
“My guess is he didn’t need it,” Rory remarked.
Callie poked her sister’s leg with her foot. “You guessed right.”
“Good for you.” Rory winked.
With a smile, Callie leaned her head on the back of the sofa. Though she missed Jake desperately, she didn’t want to be dependent on him to start branching out in her own life.
Yes, he’d opened up a lot of the world to her and brought her into the true meaning ofloveandfun, but she could be a comet without him. She could sparkle across the sky. She could shine, glow, and beamazingall on her own terms.
“Come on.” She reached for the remote and nestled between her sisters. “Let’s watch videos of hamsters eating tiny food.”
