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Travis kissed her temple. "I like how you think, babe." He turned to me. "Sam, are you listening to me?"
"Yes." The baby didn't shift, so I took it as a good sign that one-word answers were okay.
"We all know how you can get when you haven't had your sleep," Travis began.
"I'm a doctor. I’ve been sleep-deprived since finishing med school."
"Shh," Bonnie said just as Rose started to wince.
I put a hand on the back of her head, caressing the top with my thumb, and her breathing eased again.
"Listen, we know you and Avery have a history, which includes her leaving after high school. And also that your ex was kind of a bitch." Though the way he said "bitch" was more like "beeotch," probably so Rose wouldn’t understand, which was hilarious.
"She doesn't know what the word means," Bonnie said quickly when Travis cocked a brow at her. "The point is, we know you weren't looking for a relationship when Avery came back in your life."
"Listen to me, man. I've known Avery for as long as you have. Obviously, as a twenty-year-old, I couldn't assess the situation. But as an adult, my guess is that back then, she didn't want to stand in the way of your career, and then in some twisted way, now it's happening all over again," Travis continued.
“I hear you, bro, but that doesn’t make sense. She’s not stopping me from doing anything. I don’t want to move to Maine. I want to stay here with her in Chicago.”
“Right, so your choice is stopping you from going to Maine to build the clinic, and she thinks you’re doing that because of her,” Travis said.
Could this be any more confusing?
"But I told her I am choosing Chicago because of her. I choose her."
"I'm impressed,” Travis said. “But I think Avery’s unsure.” He looked at his wife. “I don’t know. Babe? Help me out here.”
"Yeah, those were all the right words, Sam. And look, Rose isn't even waking up, so she approves of them too," Bonnie said. "But sometimes it takes more than words. Something like a romantic gesture.”
“I think Tate could give you some insights. Gran probably could too," Travis said.
Bonnie chuckled. “Must everything be a Maxwell group effort?”
“No, not everything,” he replied, wiggling his eyebrows.
“But they usually are awesome,” I agreed.
After they were left, I changed and did the same. Travis was right. I'd told Avery what I wanted. Now I needed to prove it to her.
