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He scoffed. “You’re such a fucking dick.”
I laughed harder, I couldn’t help it. “Being in a relationship is making you soft, Jacob. Do I need to worry about your feelings now, too? Awww, I’d hate to make my best friend cry. Do you guys sit around and braid each other’s hair and shit?”
“This coming from the man whose hair has been down to his shoulders since he could walk? Who’s the one that grew a fucking pussy, huh?”
I shrugged. “You are what you eat.”
“But it tastes so damn good,” he rasped, and I clinked my beer with his.
“Touché, motherfucker, touché. When are you telling Lucas?”
“Soon.”
“Good thing you’re a lawyer, Jacob, because he’s going to need it after he tries to kill your ass.”
He took a deep breath.
“And you?”
“And me what?”
“You’re okay with it?”
“What other choice do I have? I love that girl. Even when she was a kid and annoying the shit out of me with her guitar early in the morning.”
He nodded, chuckling.
“Don’t hurt her again. It’s good to see her smiling,” I gestured towards Lily who was giggling with Half-Pint, looking so happy.
They locked eyes from across the room.
“I love her, Dylan. I love her more than anything. I always have.”
“No shit. If Lucas weren’t so far up Half-Pint’s ass since she could walk, he would have noticed it, too. But, I’ll tell you something.”
He looked at me.
“You hurt her again and I’ll be standing right there with Lucas while he buries your body. We clear?”
“Crystal.”
I patted his back. “Good talk, bro.”
It didn’t matter how many times I had been in this house it still felt like I had never left, as I gazed at the exact spot where I was on my knees begging Aubrey to stay.
We locked eyes from across the room.
As if she was thinking the same thing I was.
“I’m taking off,” Austin interrupted, rubbing his nose.
“What the hell are you doin’, man?”
He rolled his eyes. “Not this shit again. Give me a fucking break.”
“Wipe your nose a little better next time and maybe I won’t ask you.”
He bowed his head, sniffling and cleaning at his nose again.
