Page 139 of Lucky Shot
I snicker.
“What time do you leave tomorrow?”
“My flight is at eight.”
“Oof.”
“Yeah. Molly has a full day of meetings scheduled for us.”
“I wish I could be there to watch you be a rock star.”
“Me too.”
“Are you nervous about seeingMatthew?” Ever since we broke up, she’s refused to call him Matt like she had before.
“Not nervous as much as dreading it.”
“I’d love to have a few words with him.” Her gaze narrows and she glares as if picturing him. My sister is sweet as can be ninety-nine percent of the time, but she is not afraid to throw down for the people she loves.
“Will Lily be there?”
“No.”
“I hate that you’ll be alone when you face him. I could send Flynn.”
A real honest laugh bubbles up in my chest and spills out. “I would love to see Flynn take out Matt.”
“No contest, right? Flynn would destroy him.” Her eyes light up.
“I appreciate you offering up your tall, muscular husband, but I’ll have to face him on my own eventually.”
“We’ve always got your back.”
“I know.”
“That goes for everything,” she says, nodding toward the jersey still in my hands. “No matter where you live or how fucking much I’d miss you if I couldn’t see you every day, I’ll always be there for you.”
“I know.”
“Do you?”
“I do.” I nod. But that just makes it all that much harder to think about leaving.
“We’d all come visit you and we could video chat every morning. Maybe we could take up letter writing like the old days.”
I huff another quiet laugh.
“My point is you should follow your heart. Wherever that leads you.”
What if my heart is in two places?
“Okay.” She stands and holds her arms out. “Give me a hug. The next time you see me, I might be too big for you to wrap your arms around me.”
I toss Nick’s jersey back on the bed with every intention of sleeping in it again tonight.
“I love you,” I say as I hug her tight. “Thank you for being the best sister ever.”
“Right back at you.”
