Page 74 of Resisting Fate (Hope Falls: Brewed Awakenings 3)

Viv was right. When she put it like that, he guessed it was really that simple. Not that he would give her the satisfaction and admit defeat. “I think that’s more than three things.”

“Now is not the time to be a smartass,” she replied in a monotone.

Josh just stared at her.

“Okay, fine, there’s no wrong time to be a smartass,” she admitted. “And since you’re being one then I know that you have finally seen the light and you know what you have to do.”

“Do I?”

“Yep, it’s time to go get your girl, Sparky.”

“Sparky?” Josh parroted. Viv considered herself the queen of nicknames but that was definitely not her best work.

“You said spark plugs and it sounded condescending, so I went with it,” she replied defensively. “Don’t change the subject. This isn’t about me. Audrey is headed to the dance at the community center and I think it’s grand gesture time.”

“No. It’s not. Audrey is not a grand gesture girl.”

“Ding, ding, ding. Give the man a prize.” Viv smiled widely as she pointed at Josh. “That was a test. See, you do know my sister. Now take a shower, clean up, and go get her, Sparky.”

If being called Sparky was the price he had to pay to be with Audrey, he’d take it. He’d do anything to be with her. Starting with telling her what an asshat he’d been.

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