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“Someone of your own. Or two someones in this case. I’ve seen how you look at Perry. I’m glad it’s working out.”
“I wouldn’t go that far, but it’s a start.”
“You’ll figure it out. If I can, you can.”
“How’s Josh?”
She sighed dreamily. “He’s good. I always went for the wrong type of guy before him. I wanted the bad boy, who I thought would be a sweetheart on the inside. Instead, I got assholes through and through. Josh is nothing like them.”
“No, he’s not.”
Josh worked at a local furniture store as a manager. It was steady work and something he did well. He was stable, which was good for Fawn. More than that, he made her laugh. He loved her. It was clear as day every time I saw them together. My sister loved him just as fiercely.
She reached for the remote, turning the TV off. “I wanted to run something past you.”
“Okay.” I moved so I was facing her.
“Josh asked me to move in with him.” She bit her lip, not looking at me. I wasn’t her guardian. She didn’t need my permission. She wanted it just the same.
“Does he still live with his parents?”
She nodded. “He’s been saving to buy a house.”
“So, you’d move in there?”
“Yes. He talked about it with them first. They said we could take the basement. It’s fully finished and really nice.”
“Fawn, look at me.”
Steel gray eyes the same color as my own peered over at me. Her auburn hair had fallen forward from her head being down as she focused on her nails, fidgeting like she did on occasion.
“Are you happy?” I asked.
“Yes.”
“In love?”
“Yes.”
“And Josh’s parents know about your past?”
She nodded. “I told them a couple weeks ago. We were talking about a friend of theirs who lost their son to suicide. I struggled hearing it, but then Josh reached over and took my hand in his. I can’t describe it, Dom. He calms me. He lifts the despair inside me. I know I can’t rely on him for that. I have to find it within myself, with the help of therapy and my meds. But his support means a lot.”
“It does.” God, I didn’t want to let her go. I couldn’t force her to stay but letting someone else take part in her care, go with her to appointments… She’d been a big part of my life. I swallowed. “I’m going to miss you.”
“I’m not going far.”
“They live in the suburbs. You might as well be in Jersey.”
She smiled. “Does that mean you’re okay with it?”
“You don’t need my approval.”
“I know.” She took a shaky breath. “I need to do this for me. I didn’t want to jump back into the world on my own. This would be a step though. To try and see how it goes. Josh wants to marry me some day. If we try living together and it doesn’t work…”
“It’s going to work.” I wasn’t sure how I knew, but I did.
“But if it doesn’t…”
