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I smiled into his hair. “Oh? Maybe we should help him, then.”
32
***Caleb***
Istaredatthewoman sitting next to me in the backseat of Andrew’s truck and frowned. She looked nothing like Olive. She had dark hair and eyes and was willowy to Olive’s curvy. They didn’t have the same features or anything. The only thing that reminded me of Olive was when she cut her eyes at me and laughed. They had nearly identical laughs.
“Andrew, your friend is broken.” Lydie Oakley had called Andrew, demanding a ride from the bus station to Olive’s apartment. How she got his number? We didn’t know. How she got the audacity to call and make demands of a man she hadn’t seen in nearly five years? We didn’t know.
“Are you sure we picked up the right woman?” I tilted my head to study her better. “Olive is going to be so weirded out if we just bring her a random woman home.”
“Oh, I like the way you same home like that. Are you thinking about a home with my sister? Whatareyour intentions?”
All the saliva in my mouth dried up and my voice cracked when I spoke. “Um. I want to date her.”
Lydie nodded. “Uh huh. And what about you, Jack? What’s your deal? I hear you want to be a professor. Are you and my sister playing that up in bed yet?”
Jack sprayed the water he was drinking all over Andrew’s dash. Turning to look back at Lydie, he gave her a wide-eyed stare. “What’s wrong with you? Keep that shit in your head.”
Andrew snorted. “Good to see some things haven’t changed.”
“So, what is this? Do you three always pick one woman to sleep with or is my sister just special?” She rolled her eyes. “Of course, my sister is special. That part of the question can be rhetorical.”
When none of us jumped to answer, the silence in the truck stretched on. Finally, Andrew cleared his throat and shifted in his seat. “Olive is the first and only.”
“And what does that mean?” She wasn’t letting up.
I met her gaze and smiled. “It means your sister is fucking special but we’re all trying not to freak her out. She isn’t ready for dating right now.”
“Bullshit.” Lydie narrowed her eyes. “Did she say that? She did that whole thing where she pretends to be too busy for life, right? Yet, she’s still found time to screw each of you.”
I scowled. “Watch it.”
“Down, boy. She’s my sister and my best friend. I meant it with love and as a fact, not a statement about anything. She always says she’s too busy but I think it’s a safety net thing. Anyway. Brownie points for trying to stick up for her, though.” She reached over and roughly patted my cheek. “Are we almost there? I am in desperate need of Jesse cuddles.”
Andrew shuddered. “Pulling in now.”
I checked the lot but didn’t see Taylor’s truck. A part of me wanted to see Lydie set loose onhim. That was the sadist in me, though.
Jack grabbed Lydie’s suitcase from the back of the truck when we parked and we all made our way to Olive’s door with the suitcase and Lydie behind us. Jack sighed as he looked back at Lydie. “Didn’t she buy the bus ticket? She knows you’re coming.”
“She thinks I’m coming tomorrow morning but I changed the ticket when an earlier bus opened up. Now shut up and knock.”
Andrew knocked and we all stood there, infected with the nervous energy of the woman bouncing behind us. When Olive pulled open the door and saw us, big tears welled up in her eyes. My stomach twisted painfully as we each reached out for her at the same time.
Too bad the pipsqueak of a woman behind us scented her sister’s tears in the air and damn near climbed over us to get to Olive. We were shoved out of the way in Lydie’s efforts. I even ended up stumbling and nearly eating dirt.
“What’s wrong?! Oh, Liv. Why are you crying? Do you need chocolate? A glass of tea? A margarita? An orgasm? I brought these three guys with me if you need to use one, or all of them.” Lydie wrapped Olive in her arms, somehow becoming larger and longer as she contorted herself to hold her sister. “Is it your period? You’re pregnant? Mom and Dad died and no one told me because I was traveling?”
Olive let out a shocked laugh and clung to her sister. “No, you monster! No to everything.”
I grunted. “Even the orgasms?”
Olive’s blush was adorable and her smile made my chest tighten. She reached a hand out to me but Lydie pulled it back.
“They get you all the time. This is my weekend. Until I pass out or find a hottie with a body, you’re mine.” Lydie looked back at us and rolled her eyes. “God, you three look pathetic. Go on. Hug my sister and rub yourself all over her. Do whatever it is that you men do. Then, I need to find out who made my sister cry so I can murder them.”
I wrapped my arms around Olive as soon as Lydie was out of reach. “Your sister scares the shit out of me.”
