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“If only it were always that easy,” she chuckles.

“Right? Why do the boys always seem to have it easier than us?”

“It’s the wiener effect,” Ginny deadpans. “Having that appendage gives them the power over their moms to get their way, earn quick forgiveness, and move on to the next fuck up. I watched Davis get away with it for years. It’s why you have momma’s boys and daddy’s girls. The wiener effect,” she spreads her hands as she says it, showing perfect jazz hands.

“Can we talk about you now?” I ask when we’ve stopped laughing again. God, it just feels so fucking good to laugh.

“Do we have to?”

“Yes. Yes, we do.”

She sighs. “What do you want to know?”

“I want to know what happened before you all got to the wedding.”

“Oh.” She looks at me, shocked. “I didn’t think anyone noticed anything.”

“I did.”

“He, uh, he told me I had to pick a date for our wedding. After he asked if I just wanted to make it a triple wedding kind of day.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?” I ask, my jaw dropping

“Nope, I’m not kidding. He said it would be more efficient that way since the preacher was already paid for. That we might as well use them.”

“Oh my God, my brother would’ve fucking killed him.”

“Right? Mine, too.”

“It’s crazy to think our brothers are married.”

“I never thought Davis and Trish would finally get their heads out of their asses, but they did.” She smiles.

“And I never thought Tiny would man up enough to actually admit he liked her, but he did.”

She’s quiet, I’m sure thinking about the wedding day and how perfect it was.

“What are you going to do?” I demand.

She blows out a breath before answering. “I told him June first. Of this year”

“That’s only three months away!”

“I know.”

“Gin,” I get her attention as calmly as I can. “What are you gonna do?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean, you don’t know?”

“I mean, he’s right.”

“I don’t believe that, but what do you think he’s right about?”

“There isn’t anyone out there who’s gonna accept all of this.” She waves a hand up and down her body. “And the fact that I can’t give them a kid? No one wants that. Except him.”

“Bullshit!” I exclaim so loudly she snaps her face up to me. “Look, I’m really on a call people out for the better jag, so deal with me here. And I’ve been waiting for this. I’ve watched Trish and Lottie struggle with how to talk to you about all of it and giving up when you shut down on them, but you’re going to listen to me right now, okay?”

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