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I glance down at my dress. “Your jersey and a pair of heels.”
He groans. “I know you’re fucking with me, but I don’t even care.”
“I’ll send you a picture later to prove it.”
“I look forward to that.”
In the background, Aidan says something I can’t quite make out and Nick says quietly, away from the phone, “I’ll be right there.”
When he speaks to me again, he says, “I gotta go learn fifth grade math.”
“Ewww.”
“Yeah.” He chuckles.
“Okay, well, I’ll text you tomorrow. You have the team barbeque?”
“Yeah. What time does the convention start?”
“Molly has me scheduled first thing in the morning for coffee with one of the editors interested in the new book.”
“That’s great. We’re all rooting for you. Not that you need it, but good luck.”
“Thank you.”
“All right. Well…” He pauses like he doesn’t want to hang up or there’s more he wants to say.
“Yeah,” I say because I know the feeling.
“Talk to you tomorrow.”
“Okay.”
“K. Forcing myself to hang up now, but don’t forget to send me that picture, Red.”
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NICK
“Galaxy!” Eli Briggs holds both of his big, beefy arms out to his side when I walk into our general manager’s house for our annual team kick-off barbeque.
“Hey.” A smile tugs at my lips as I approach him. I hold out a hand and he takes it in his, then pulls me into him and slaps me on the back with his free hand.
“How was your summer?” he asks.
“Good,” I say, then realize I mean it. My brows pinch together.
“That bad, huh?” He mistakes my surprised expression and grins, then gives his head a shake. “I figured you were dying to get back out there. Did you take any time at all for yourself this summer?”
“I did, actually.”
“Yeah?” he asks, seemingly surprised. “Good for you.”
“How about you?”
“Ah, man, it was great. We took the kids on a little RV road trip through Yellowstone National Park and then headed west to visit my family in Washington.” The smile he wears is so happy and genuine. He’s one of the more senior guys on the team.Came in as a rookie and has now spent his entire career here. He has a little girl a year younger than Aidan and a boy that just turned four.
“Sounds fun.”
