Page 5 of Can I Tell You Something?
Laundry Day
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Oh hey, it’s good to see you again.
Yeah, I know it’s a huge load. I’ll probably be here all day, but I’ve been working so hard lately I’m really behind on life admin.
I work at a tech company that’s about to go public, so it’s all work and no play, unfortunately.
What do I do to blow off steam? Nothing really. Just keep going and hope I don’t burn out too hard.
Chapter 4
Hannah
Theunmistakablesoundofmy brother bursting into the living room jolts me from my sleep.
“Surprise!”
He’s here. He’s really here.
I toss aside my book and my blanket as I leap up to greet him.
“What are you doing here?” I wrap my arms around him and the scruff of his beard tickles my face. It’s a recent development, one I’ve only seen online, and it will take some getting used to. Ryan might be older than me by two years, but he’s always been my idiot brother, goofing around and never missing an opportunity to make things a competition between us.
“What’s going on?” Dad appears from the kitchen, wiping his hands on a towel.
“Hey, Dad,” Ryan smiles.
“My boy,” he says, crossing the room and pulling him into a bear hug. “My boy! I can’t believe it. Oh, this is the best Christmas present ever. And who’s this?”
I’d been so shocked, so focused on Ryan, that I had paid no attention to the other man standing behind him. The tall man with a mop of dark waves, a strong jaw, and a little scar in his eyebrow I know is from that one summer in high-school where he wore a piercing.
No.
It can’t be.
“This is my best bud and roommate, Cameron,” he says, stepping back to slap him on the back and bring him into the fold. “He can’t ski for shit, but he’s going to spend winter break with us. I hope that’s OK? We wanted to surprise you. Cam, this is my dad, Mark, and my sister, Hannah.”
Cameron?
It can’t be, but it is.
I’d know that face anywhere. The furrow in his brow. The wide, natural smile that’s 80% boyish charm, and 20%‘I’m going to ruin you.’The full lips I’ve imagined kissing me a thousand times.
“Good to meet you, sir,” Cameron says, shaking Dad’s hand with both of his. “Nice to meet you, Hannah.”
I’m frozen to the spot. All I can do is raise my hand in a half wave and make a weird, high-pitched grunting noise that sounds nothing like‘hello’.
“Of course it’s OK. Welcome!” Dad cheers, the conversation continuing in a haze around me. “The more the merrier. I can’t believe you’re here. Your mother will have a fit.”
He walks to the bottom of the wooden staircase. “Cheryl, you’ll want to see this,” he yells up.
“What’s all the commotion?” she says, descending gracefully.
“Look who’s here,” Dad beams, and she skips down the last steps.
“Oh my God, Ryan. You could have warned me we have company. I’m practically indecent,” she shrieks, pulling her silk robe tighter around her as she rushes towards him. There’s her version of indecent, which is glamorous even once she’s removed her make-up, and then there’s my version. I look down at myself, scruffy pyjamas hanging all askew. My hair is a mess, and I bet my lips are stained with red wine.
