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“My sister threw away a lifetime of friendship for a three-month affair. I still can’t wrap my head around it.”
“She had broken up with Robert only a few months before. Maybe the separation hit her harder than we thought.”
“How can you make justifications for her?”
Lana lets a few seconds pass before answering. “I thought seeing her at rock bottom would give me satisfaction, but it really didn’t. Honestly, I’m gutted for her, but I can’t be there to help her, I don’t have it in me, not yet. I just wish you were here. How much longer are you gone for?”
Again, guilt kicks around in my guts. “A few weeks at least, possibly more. Why do you think she reached out to you today? Why wait a month after she broke up with Johnathan?”
“She read theVanity Fairfeature about Christian and me being back together. She thought I’d be more willing to hear her out since I was so happy.”
“Which I guess you were.”
“Yup. Speaking of…” Lana pauses. “Christian just got back in.”
“I’ll let you go, then.”
“Will you be reachable over the next few days?”
“Afraid not, we’re moving inland tomorrow, no service there.”
“Please call Summer today, then, before you go off the grid.”
“You’re really an angel.”
“Am not. And you’d do the same if it were me. Remember when I kissed Peter Gomez in the locker room and Summer didn’t talk to me for a week? You were there to advocate for me.”
“That was the eleventh grade.”
“It doesn’t matter. Promise you’ll call your sister.”
“Okay, I promise. Love you.”
“Love you.”
We hang up, and I remain motionless on the bed looking at my phone for the longest time.
Why am I being so stubborn? Why am I still so mad at Summer? If Lana can forgive her, I should be able to as well.
Maybe I shouldn’t ask myself to make peace with my twin all at once.
Right!
Baby steps.
I unlock my phone and tap her contact before I can change my mind.
Summer picks up after five long rings.
“Hello?”
Her voice sounds broken, as if she… “Are you crying?”
“A little,” she says. “But nothing serious. I’m just watchingNotting Hill, the bit where Julia Roberts goes back to the shop and tells Hugh Grant she’s just a girl…”
My sister getting sentimental over romantic comedies? Lana was right, the situation is major.
“Where are you?” Summer asks. “The line sounds weird.”
