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“I love you, Lovebug.”
“My god,” someone huffs behind us. “It’s always the same. You have to wait for her to entertain her fan club before she gives her family attention.”
I explode in a laugh as Sam puts me down. I jump in my twin’s arms so quickly he has to take a step back to balance himself.
“You’re my other half, Jake. Why do you even need my attention?” I laugh against his neck.
“Because he’s the neediest man on the planet,” his girlfriend, Jamie adds next to me.
“Whatever,” he pushes me away. “Congratulations on attempting to be as smart as me.”
“Mmm,” I pretend to think. “Who stopped their studies before graduating and who’s going to Duke to finish her undergrad degree? Please, do remind me.”
“Shut up,” he chuckles as he messes with my hair.
Chris is the next one to take me in his arms. His huge form swallows me as he drops a kiss on the side of my head. “I knew you could do it,” he whispers in my ear.
I am ever so grateful for the foster brother who always believed in me. Who knew I would eventually achieve the dream of living a normal life and getting into my dream college.
When we separate, I look at the woman next to him. He is still dating that bitch from sophomore year and I hope she gets run over by a bus soon. She smiles tightly at me and pulls him away. “Congrats.”
“Congratulations!” Luke shouts over her.
“Luke!” I jump up on the spot.
He’s been working hard on getting his dad’s company out of trouble for the last few years and we hadn’t seen him once. He’s about to grab me when someone pulls my gown and I fall backward into Sam’s hold. He wraps an arm across my collarbone.
“I heard he was your first time,” he murmurs ominously in my ear.
Luke looks at me confused.
“You can shake her hand,” Sam growls at him.
“Are you for real?” I laugh.
“Why don’t you try and see if I am?” he tells me.
He grabs my forearm and waves my hand in front of Luke, who grabs it. He only gets to shake it once before Sam pulls my hand away.
“That’s plenty enough.”
“Oh my god,” I cackle. “You get worse as you get older.”
“Come on,” Rachel exclaims. “Let’s take this party to the bakery.”
She grabs my hand and drags me along with her. I look back to watch Sam and Lik kiss deeply, lovingly, and I leave them to share their moment.
We all park in front ofSunshine’s Bakery, the shop Rachel opened in Silver Falls. She finally put her baking skills to good use.
There are gasps of awe when we walk inside. She’s decorated everything white and blue, the colors of North Shore Community College. There’s a huge, stacked cake that’s close to a wedding cake and balloons everywhere.
“Ozy!” Juliette runs to me and jumps into my arms. She’s so tall for a ten-year-old and it makes me happy to know she’ll probably reach my height by the time she’s my age. I hug Hannah and Thomas after her.
Juliette is officially a Murray. They adopted her and just like we promised, we make it work when they’re away.
“The cake is vanilla,” Juliette winks at me. “My favorite.”
“Same,” I chuckle.
