Page 82 of Could Have Been Us
“I’ve missed you. It’s been forever since you came to see me.”
Grayson is married, so there’s very little need for me to watch her anymore, but that is no excuse. “Well, I’m just going to have to steal you away then.”
“Tonight?”
I smile and tap her nose. “Not tonight, but soon.”
She lets out a dramatic sigh. “Fine.”
Jack drops down and grabs her hips. “Hey, what about me? I don’t get a hello?”
Amelia’s eyes brighten. “Of course you do.” Her little arms wrap around his neck, and he squeezes her tight as he stands and carries her inside.
We find Grayson in the living room, sitting on the couch. “I’m told I have to behave.”
“That’ll be a first,” I toss back.
“The punishment I’ll endure will be a form of torture I don’t subscribe to.”
I grin, imagining what my sister-in-law has threatened him with. “I really love your wife.”
“She apparently loves you.”
I grin and kiss his cheek. “Hello, brother.”
“Hello, sister.”
Jack comes up behind me, wearing Amelia like a necklace as she dangles while giggling. “Gray.”
He grunts. “Jack . . . ass.”
Before I can chide him, Jessica’s voice comes from the kitchen. “I heard that!”
“It’s what we call a donkey,” Gray yells over his shoulder. “Am I not allowed to refer to animals now?”
“Nice try. Let that be your warning.”
He huffs and extends his hand to Jack. “Good to see you again, even if I’m still not sure Ilikeyou.”
Jack lifts Amelia up, gives her a kiss on the forehead, and then takes Grayson’s hand. “I haven’t been sure if I’ve liked you for a long time.”
“You both love each other in a bromance kind of way.”
Jessica yells again. “Exactly. Now hug it out so we can eat in peace.”
“It’s a good thing we have women in our lives to let us know what we think,” Grayson says with a laugh.
“I have a feeling they will let us know a lot more than that.”
“Gray?” I call as I’m heading into the kitchen.
“Yeah?”
“Be sure to ask Jack all about how fun pedicures are. He really loves showing things off.”
Jack lets out a curse, but I walk away before hearing the rest, leaving Jack to my brother’s mercy as I seek out Jessica.
She pulls me in for a tight hug. “You’re happy?”
