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“That was two nights ago.”
“Another one bites the dust, I see?”
“Livvy, you know I don’t have time for that.”
“You have time for me.”
“I make time for you,” I stressed, lying back on the bed. “There’s a difference.”
I didn’t have to see her face to know she was smiling on the other end of the phone.
“I’m going to hold you to that.”
“What’s this about?” My eyebrows pinched together as she hesitated for a second.
“Where are you?” she asked, sounding so far away.
“In a hotel suite in Canada.”
“Far from home then.”
Narrowing my eyes, I repeated her question. “Where are you?”
“On the balcony of an estate in Colorado.”
“Livvy, what—”
“I need you, Ethan.”
I immediately asked, “What’s with all the cryptic? Are you alright?”
“I’ve never been better.” She paused for a moment, and I could sense her hesitation.
“You think you can take time off from work for the next week?”
“Not until you tell me why?” I cautiously waited for I don’t know what.
“I just need my best friend.”
I abruptly sat up, about to respond, but she would have knocked me on my ass if I wasn’t already sitting down. It all happened so fast, yet it still seemed as if it played out in slow motion.
She unexpectedly revealed, “I’m getting married.”
“What—”
She cut me off, bluntly adding…
“And I need you to be my man of honor.”
ChapterOne
Livvy
The Beginning: Fourteen Years Old
I spentthe entire summer riding my bike with my best friend Ethan Carter.We met on the school bus halfway through first grade. I was the new kid in his town and school, and he shared his seat with me on the bus so I didn’t have to sit alone. From that moment forward, we were inseparable.
My dad got a huge promotion at work, and that was why we had to move to Charleston, South Carolina. It seemed like it happened overnight. He became the vice president of some big company, and all I knew was that he was an important person.
