Page 29 of Win Some Love Some
“For what purpose?”
I half laughed. “I don’t know. Maybe to have two new friends, who happen to be famous hockey players.”
“Famous? How many games have you seen them play?”
“Uh, zero. You know I’m not a sports girlie. But Wyatt Locke is married to Sydney Malloy, and I have always liked her.”
“He’s not actually,” Nick said with a wry laugh.
“What do you mean? It was all over Celebrity Truth.”
“They got divorced.”
“Oh no. That’s so sad.”
Nick shook his head. “Why would you be sad about that? You don’t even know them.”
“I don’t know, I’m sad any time love doesn’t work out.”
“Well, then you can be happy again, because they’re engaged.”
It was my turn to scowl at him. “Are you messing with me?”
“Hand to God, that’s what he told me. They got married in Vegas, ended up falling for each other, didn’t want to start their marriage with a mistake, so they got divorced. Then he asked her to marry him.”
“Ah, that’s so sweet.”
Nick shook his head. “You’re such a sucker.”
I glared at him. “Sore spot, Nick. Tread lightly.”
“Sorry,” he muttered. “So now it’s your turn.”
“What? I have a million more questions. Why are they in town? Why did you run from them the other day? What are they like? How tall are they really?”
“Tough. That’s my story. Now I want to know what happened with that guy.”
“Hard pass.” I focused on where we were. “Oh look, we’re here. Time to catch lobsters and fix engines. Also note, Dad gets like uber growly and mean faced if you even mention what happened in Paris.”
“Uh, yeah. I was here when it was all going down. I took him out to the junkyard with Jackson so he could smash shit with a bat.”
It was just one of the many things that was upsetting about the wholeincident. How it made my dad feel. Like he couldn’t protect me, when that had been his life’s work up until I left.
“Being a parent must suck,” I said as we pulled into the parking spot at the docks. I could see Dad already on the boat checking the trap lines.
“Your dad doesn’t believe that. He and Vanessa had five more kids after you.”
“Yeah, it’s fun when they’re Will and Bethany’s age, but then they grow up. And they have to make all these choices, and as a parent you have to let them because that’s what growing up means. But then they fall flat on their face in front of the world and it must be so embarrassing for them. Because everyone’s probably looking at them too, wondering how you let your kid make such a big mistake.”
“Nor, knock it off.”
“Knock what off?”
“The pity party. Your parents love you unconditionally. You got conned by a guy who was a professional at conning people. It’s over now. Move on.”
“Move on?” I snapped. “That’s your advice for everything! Just ignore every feeling you don’t want to have?”
He nodded. “It works for me. You should try it.”
