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“Oh no, we know things aren’t okay, believeyour e my ex-fiancé, Bryan, control andand in the throes of puppy love It went on for longer than it should have because I didn’t know better Since then I guardedits owners from peril

“I can’t help you if you don’t tellon”

“I get that The thing is, I’h it”

“I don’t want you to feel like you have to go through this alone—”

Reaching across the table, I grab her wrist “I know I’ in the deep at the moment You knohat that’s like You’re a profound thinker, too Look, I’ll co at the peace offering

“Fine,” she mumbles

“Enough about me Everyone and their cousins know about what’s happened toon with you?”

She huffs “I’ to allow the topic swap, but I want you to know I’m on to you” She takes a healthy sip of her Pinot Noir, and I know she’s about to drop so juicy “Cyan read for ht will finally be showing up”

My eyes widen Her best friend, Cyan, has a way of speaking things that come to pass One had to be pretty da as a psychic, with her own parlor, a black book full of clients, and blog radio station I’m convinced she’s the real deal

“And how do you feel about that?” I ask My sister is high energy The kind that burned out pretty uy she’d ever dated

“Nervous, but ready Forty is knocking on the door, and I’ht person and maybe think about children I don’t know I’ a foster parent, too Who knows?”

The excite for her

OLLIE

“Thanks, man, you’re a life saver,” I say as Houston s it in place with medical tape

“Anyti this You were on-ish again, weren’t you?”