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“Things have changed between you and Landon. Ever since that kiss. No, those kisses—the one at the party, and the one the night of the mugging. Landon sees that…but I don’t think you do. And that’s the problem. You’re looking at this through the same Sunnie-colored glasses as always.”
“Sunnie-colored glasses?” she asked with a grin.
One that vanished when he said, “I thought you’d take that description better than ‘blinders.’”
“Finn—” she started, but before she could take her brother to task, Landon’s voice drifted down the hallway.
“Just need a couple more minutes,” he yelled from the direction of his bedroom. “Sorry I’m running so late, Finn.”
“Promise me something, Sun?”
She didn’t want to. Not because there wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for her brother, but because she knew whatever he was going to ask for would be difficult for her to promise. “What?”
“Be careful.”
She nodded without hesitation, his request surprisingly simple.
Or so she thought.
Until he added, “With his heart…and with yours.”
Chapter Thirteen
Landon dropped Finn off after the Orioles game around ten. Then he went down to the pub, sat at the end of the bar and talked to Padraig until closing time.
If her cousin thought it was weird he was drinking alone, Padraig said nothing. Until last call.
“Going upstairs or going home?” Padraig asked.
That was the very question he’d been asking himself for the past few hours.
Landon shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“Sure you do. Just depends on which voice you listen to.”
“Voice?” Landon asked.
“The one that’s telling you it’s smarter to go home or the one that’s telling you you’d be a fool to leave.”
“I’m in love with your cousin.”
Padraig rubbed his chin. “Well, Finn’s very fond of you too, but I’m not sure…” His joke fell off when he started to chuckle. “I know you are, Landon.”
“You’re not going to tell me I’m crazy? It’s Sunnie we’re talking about. She’s reckless and wild and she goes through boyfriends the way some people go through underwear. She’s practically been a sister to me my whole life.”
Padraig winked at him. “Pretty sure that sister ship has sailed.”
“She doesn’t want a relationship. Doesn’t want to settle down.”
“Yet. She doesn’t want to settle down yet.”
Landon blew out a long breath. “So I should listen to the voice that says go home?”
Padraig shook his head. “I’m not going to tell you what to do because it’s not my place. I’m only going to say this—life is too short for regrets, too short to not take a chance on your dreams.”
“Mia…” Landon started, then stopped, hoping he hadn’t upset Padraig by mentioning his late wife.
Padraig nodded. “Mia taught me that. She told me dream big. How big are your dreams, Landon?”
