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"So you want me to call my brother?" Jack asked, his voice filled with confusion "And tell hi this right?"

"Forget it!" I said with frustration "I’ll call him myself" I reached for my phone, pressed Dean’s nah me as I pushed Melissa into the house and pointed at the vodka Jack shrugged his shoulders and I rolled lass froranite countertop, I glared at Jack as I pointed at the vodka and then atbest friend

"Dean, hey! Thank you sohere Can you coet it?" I had no idea why I lied, but it seeht at the ti anything"

I scra for help, but no one ift for you But it will go bad if you don’t coet it" My face twisted with each lie that spilled fro ready to pick up a date I’ll be late if I coht now, Dean I’et over here in the next ten h before clarifying, "without your date, I will hang you by your balls the next time I see you Understood?"

"Fine I’ another word Glancing at Melissa, I noticed the ee never hurts"

"Shit, Cass," Melissa breathed out on a onna say to hi to tellon?"

"You’ll see," I said with a sht blue eyes "And as for you You will tell hi we talked about at Gran and Gralass of water, I sat on one of our new barstools and waited for the sound of Dean’s Mustang to pull into the driveway If it felt like forever to ine how Melissa ine alerted us to his arrival I opened the large garage door as Dean rushed through it and into the house through another connecting door I closed the large garage door behind hiathered His eyes scanned quickly over the three of us, all but skipping Melissa’s face

"Okay, I’ the kitchen area as I silently thanked the pregnancy gods for notit nauseate me Dean looked hot in his dark blue jeans He had on a fitted black T-shirt underneath a dark blue and black button-down shirt that wasn’t buttoned "Is anyone going to tellon?"

I waited for Melissa to speak up, ers tapped out a noiseless tune on the rilass as she stared at the floor and refused to look up

Tired of waiting, I snapped e me When her broken eyes met mine, I wanted to take her into my arms and comfort her She opened and closed her , but no words ca me

Never in all the years I’d known Melissa had I ever seen her like this before, and I wondered if it were a side of her she’d always kept to herself She’d obviously clauessed it was up to me to poke her with a sharp stick

"I called you back here, Dean, because I thought Melissa had so" It was a little harsh and I knew it, but game tiaze snapped to Melissa and I sahat looked like hope flash in his eyes He raised his eyebrows in her direction, but neither spoke a word

I glanced at Jack, who had leaned against the wall, his arms folded and his feet crossed at the ankle He kept his aze between Dean and Melissa, clearly fascinated by as unfolding I had to laugh a little tothat he was probably partially thankful that the dra to do with us for once

Dean nodded slowly, and said to Melissa, "So, is that true? Do you have soht? Because if it’s the latter, then I have a date to go apologize to"

Melissa’s face paled and tightened as her stubborn defensive nature took over She narrowed her reddened eyes and snapped, "Go then You shouldn’t keep her waiting"

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Dean shouted "Is this a joke? Godda to say to me, just say it already!"

She stolare up at hirabbed his shirtsleeve and dragged hi the door

Knowing I should grab Jack and walk away to give the couple their privacy, I planted my feet on the kitchen floor and leaned toward the open door instead Eavesdroppingto do, but I had a lot invested in this conversation and was dying to hear it

My husband obviously felt the saainst his body as he leaned toward the garage as well "I’, so don’t even ask I want to hear this shit," he whispered against my ear

I turned le peck fanned the e the hiht the fuck now, but I shook my head to douse the flae

"So, what is this big news you have to tell h, but I knew he had to be dying inside

"I need you to stop being so ed "Please? This is really hard for me"

I wished I could see Dean’s face Or at least his hazel eyes I i with her words

"I’ll stop," he replied

"Thanks" She sucked in a long breath before letting it out slowly "First, I just want you to know that I do like you, Dean I always have"

"You like me, like me?" he interrupted, his tone surprised, and I had to stopat his word choice

"Soacross our garage floor