Page 105 of Kiss and Tell

Remi pointed to Mila. “You owe me a twenty.” Then Nora. “You owe me a twenty.” Then she waved her hands in the air. “Everyone owes me a twenty!”

Lucy shook her head, smiling widely. “You’re a lunatic.” She was relieved that Nora and Mila were both laughing as well.

“So this really was love and not just some sex thing?” Leave it to Mila to dig right down to the heart of the matter.

“It felt like way more than sex, but none of us really talked about our feelings because we knew our time was so short. I haven’t known them for very long.”

“Who cares?” Mila gushed. “It’s so romantic!”

“God, it has to be love, because I’ve been a wreck since they left,” Lucy admitted.

“Why did they leave?” Nora asked, before answering her own question. “Oh shit. You dropped the damn R word, didn’t you?”

Lucy grimaced. “Regardless of what y’all say, Idohave responsibilities here.”

“Ones that can be farmed out to someone else,” Remi replied, like Lucy’s concerns were completely unfounded.

“I own a third of the brewery,” Lucy reminded them.

Remi sat back down on the bed. “Pish posh. This is your time, Lu. I can feel it.”

Lucy wanted to believe that was true, but she’d been playing a lot of logic tag with her dreams the past few days, which meant she had a long list of concerns. “They didn’t ask me to come with them.”

Nora scoffed. “Because you told them you needed to behere. I saw the way they looked at you when they dropped you off. Neither one of them was happy. They want you with them. I’m sure of it.”

“What if I show up and that’s not true?” Lucy asked.

Remi rolled her eyes. “In that extremely unlikely case, you hit the road on your own. You don’t need a fucking man to check off all those places on your list.Kiss and Tellis a success. You’re making good money from it, and let’s face it, you’re tapped out on material here.”

Lucy truly wanted to follow that dream, but she couldn’t help but wonder if that was a risky venture. “Is it stupid to plan my future around a YouTube show? I mean, nothing lasts forever.”

“You’re a clever, creative woman,” Nora said. “Once the show dries up, you move on to the next adventure.”

The weight that had been pressing down on Lucy lifted when her sister used the wordadventure.

“They’re right,” Mila added. “Follow the guys, hop back on the RV, and give this thing between the three of you a chance. Andwhenit all works out, think of how cool yourKiss and Tellstory will be. You can talk about how you chased after them, and they saw you and hugged you and told you they loved you.”

Lucy laughed. “You read too many romance novels, Millie.”

Mila shrugged, not bothering to deny something they all knew was true.

Lucy felt a wave of excitement wash through her at the thought of going through with this. “I should talk to Sam and Theo first. Because this would impact them the most.”

“Fine. Be a boring adult first if you have to. It won’t make a difference,” Remi scoffed, like that conversation would be no big deal. Lucy tended to agree with her. She was closest to Sam and Theo, the three of them together day in and day out at the brewhouse. If she told them how important this was to her, they wouldn’t stand in her way.

“They’re going to say the same thing we are,” Nora replied confidently.

Lucy glanced at her phone. “Should I call Joey and Miles to ask if I can join them? If they say no, then?—”

“Hell no,” Remi interjected. “That ruins the story. This requires a dramatic entrance.”

Lucy laughed nervously. “Am I really doing this? Chasing after two guys?”

Remi clapped her hands together. “You bet your sweet ass you are. Do you know where they are?”

“Baltimore. They’re staying with Joey’s sister, Layla. I don’t know where she lives, but it shouldn’t be too hard to find the pub her in-laws own. Joey told me about it. Pat’s Pub. I guess I just start there.”

“Perfect. You’ve got your plan. Now go talk to Sam and Theo, then come back here and start packing.”

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