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“You can, but you ain’t.”
Damn, she sees everything. Thank God she never knew about the oxy, she would’ve been heartbroken. It’s the one thing I’ve kept from her, but then she got married without telling me so I guess we’re even. “I just had a meeting with Len.”
“Argh, that makes sense.”
“What does?”
I put my turn signal on and head toward the gym I like to use that’s owned by a friend of mine, Mason Masters.
“You always sound fed up after a meeting with him.”
“I do?” I wouldn’t say I was unaware of my feelings, but I hadn’t realized I was being so loud with them.
“Yep, always sound just a little bit, not lost, but down, I guess.”
“I guess. I just feel like I need a change.”
“Then make one.”
I huff out a laugh. “It’s not that easy, Nora. I employ a lot of people. I can’t just mess with their jobs and take risks because I’m bored.”
“I get that, but life is short, Xand. We both know that, and it should be lived for ourselves and those that matter the most to us because one day it will be over.”
“Wow, that’s morbid.” Norrie laughs and then I hear a clatter and her cursing is muffled. “Norrie?”
“Shit, sorry. I walked into the ironing board.”
I roll my eyes and smile. I love my sister, but she’s a hot mess sometimes. Coupled with Harrison’s type A personality, it shouldn’t work but he adores her and she adores him.
I want that, a connection that on paper is a nightmare but in real life is the stuff of movies and romance books. “Anyway, I didn’t call to talk about me, not exactly anyway. I called because I have this date with Amelia, and I want to make it something special for her.”
Norrie goes silent for a beat, and I feel my stomach knot with nerves. “Nora?”
“Yeah, sorry. Um, something special. So you need to know her likes and dislikes, then.”
“Yes, please.”
I park outside Masters of the Universe Gym and turn off the ignition and wait.
“Well, she hates spicy food but adores Italian. She has a sweet tooth but hates sour sweets. Her favorite flowers are hyacinths, but she hates roses. Um, what else?”
“What about hobbies?”
“She loves anything to do with science, especially black holes or stuff like that, and she can make a mean cookie or chocolate brownie. Which sucks for me.”
I try not to let the smile show in my voice. My sister has been trying to perfect the cookie for the longest time but she just doesn’t have the magic or the attention span. I’ve eaten more singed cookies than I care to admit and now the baton is firmly in Harrison’s mouth. The thought makes me ridiculously happy and I grin to myself. I like my brother-in-law a lot. After our first few rather fraught weeks we found a mutual understanding and that was our love for Norrie and Isaac.
“Keep trying, Nor, you’ll get there. I have faith in you.”
“Yeah but not before my husband divorces me for trying to poison him.”
“Hah as if Harrison would ever let you go. He adores you.”
I hear the smile and wonder in her voice. “Yeah, he really does. Oh, I know. A visiting professor is going to give a lecture at Harvard next week. She really wanted to go but couldn’t get a ticket.”
“Really? With her name?”
“Amelia doesn’t use her name to get her way, she isn’t like that.”
