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I nod, sing hard “Me too”

He dips his head toward the whiskey “Please tellyourself into a shame spiral”

“I’ the sha the road”

“Oh? Where ya going?”

I lift a shoulder, eyeing the bottle “Not sure yet Someplace where there’s a bar on the beach and beautiful women”

“The best distractions in the world” Rhett nods “Let’s start in the Bahamas Paradise Island”

“We?” I arch a brow “Who said you’re invited?”

Rhett grabs the bottle and takes a swig, s camp starts Besides, someone needs to babysit you at that beach bar You won’t be able to pick up all those beautiful women if you’re wasted”

I laugh, the tightness inside htly “Stop You just wanna be man”

“Well, yeah” My younger brother grins “If I happen to ive yourself ruwell, I won’t hate it”

“Okay” I take the bottle from him and have another sip “The Bahamas Then where?”

“We’ll go around the world, obviously Hop from the Bahakok Australia Hawaii Final stop—”

“Vegas,” I say

Rhett’s grin deepens into a smile “My adopted hometown Perfect”

He plays for the pro football teaot a definite wild streak, so the new location suited him just fine

Me? I’m an old soul While I had ot why e friends were so obsessed with it

Maybe this trip will change that

I hold up the whiskey “Let’s do it Think you can leave tomorrow?”

“Hell yeah, I can”

I take one last pull of whiskey before handing the bottle back to Rhett He drinks too, and for several beats, we stand there in silence

I don’t knohat he’s thinking about, but as usual, I’o on this trip, and I don’t want to leave Blue Mountain, because she’s here She’s been the bright spot in s orated than I’ve felt in years

It happened really fucking fast,for her