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Aunt Marjorie laughs. “Give it up, Bryce. Our babies are grown up.”
I don’t say anything, but Uncle Bryce doesn’t have much to worry about with regard to Angie and Sage. Neither of them is interested in settling down anytime soon, especially Angie, if she’s going to give medical school a whirl. Juggling that time commitment plus a relationship won’t lead to anything good.
But that’s still a secret for now.
Honestly? The one they should all be worrying about is me.
Because as soon as Jesse Pike gives me a look, it’s over. If he asked me to marry him tonight, my answer would be a resounding yes.
Too bad he’s never looked my way.
That’s not exactly true. He always helps me with my pool form when we’re playing at Murphy’s bar. Sometimes without me even asking him to.
Every time he puts his hand over mine to correct the way I hold the pool cue…my flesh burns.
I’ve never thought of myself as a groupie, but damned if I’m not following him to Europe on a tour.
“Do you girls want to join us?” Mom asks.
I’m busy scanning the area for Jesse.
“We’re going to go talk to Cage and Jake, I think,” Sage says, smiling.
Angie nods, and the two of them walk off.
“What about you, Bree?” Dad asks. “Sit down with your old folks for a while?”
“Okay.” I move toward an empty chair, but then—
Dragon and Jesse appear, walking toward Cage and Jake. My skin reacts with an arousing chill.
“You know, maybe I’ll join the girls. After all, I won’t see much of them once they go back to school.”
“They don’t go back to school for three weeks,” Mom says.
She raises a good point. “True, but there’s something I need to talk to Sage about. I’ll be back in a flash.”
Perhaps Iwillbe back in a flash. If Jesse Pike doesn’t give me the time of day.
Of course, that’s never stopped me from hanging around him before.
I hope he doesn’t look at me as if I’m an annoying little sister. I’m the same age as his youngest sister, Madeline Pike. We call her Maddie, and she’s the honorary fifth member of our awesome foursome. In fact, it was Maddie who coined the group’s name.
I think sometimes she feels left out, but we try to include her as much as we can. The problem is that the four of us are family, so we’re naturally close.
But Gina’s not here tonight, and Maddie is. She joins Angie and Sage. Maddie’s a beauty in her own right, nearly as gorgeous as her sister Rory. Brown hair, brown eyes, killer body.
Luckily, she’s Jesse’s sister, so she’s not competition.
Angie and Sage aren’t really interested in Jesse, not seriously anyway. They’re my only other competition tonight.
Some townies are still here, making googly eyes at the band members, but I’m not worried—
Until one of them grabs Jesse’s arm.
I arrive just in time to hear her say, “You and your sister have the voices of angels. My God, where did all that talent come from?”
I recognize her. She’s a waitress at Lorenzo’s. Her name is Sadie, and she’s beautiful. She’s a little older than I am, too, which doesn’t bode well for me.
