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“Hey, Syd, what’s up?”

“Did you go to the Louvre yet? What about strolling by the Seine?” her sister asked, her tone as perky as it usually was That was so Sydney Nothing could get the girl down for long She adjusted better than anyone Jennifer knew “Tell me, is Paris da bomb?”

“What?”

“Puh-leeze,” her sister said, and she could i her eyes It was, after all, Syd’s favorite motion “Bahan did tell Rose and it wasn’t like Rose could keep the secret fro honey to run away to Paris with royalty and it has to be theyou’ve ever done So tell me What have you seen so far?”

Well, there was the bedroom of his private jet…

Jennifer bit her tongue Her sister was a college grad and not a kid anymore, but she couldn’t really share details that, well, detailed with her sis That was toostuff in the world After all, couldn’t she just like freeze her sis in carbonite and keep her safe and secure for the rest of her life?

“I’ve seen the hotel We got here and I had to shower and unpack and I’ve had that jet-lag exhaustion I…Bahan’s down in the lobby doing some remote business”

“So you went to one of the most ro I’ve ever heard!”

“Jeez, sis, thanks for the vote of confidence,” Jennifer said Then she even felt guilty about that How could she resort to sarcasm with a sick person, so their fucking blood filtered three times a week? If only her kidney had been a match Then Sydney would already be on her way to recovery “God, I’m sorry I shouldn’t have snapped”

“That was hardly snapping,” her sister said, her voice quiet and thoughtful “Don’t stop having a good ti to be okay, and one of us needs to see the world I’ht now, just reo have the ti for the pictures when you return”

“I…”

“Sis, I’d feel terrible if you wereyour trip because you orried about me Have fun You deserve it more than anyone I know, and I won’t be the block between you and Bahan getting to know each other He’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you, and I want to know you ca”

“Thank you,” Jennifer said, her voice thick with emotion So for her in so sure that Jen didn’t burn herself out Maybe it was just that all the tiave one a different perspective on everything Not that Syd was a Zenher advice today “I’ll bring you a cheesy gift fro”

“Now you’re talking!” she chirped again, her for to her tone “I love you, Jen Never forget that”

“I couldn’t Love you too”