But when have I ever listened toshouldn’t?
“Hi, Theo,” Claire pops out from the walkway to the gift shop area. “You weren’t at the pool today.”
I smile. “Sure I was. You didn’t see me? Must’ve been that stealthy.”
She laughs. “You’re hilarious.”
“It’s a curse.”
“So you’re coming to the bachelorette party?”
Yeah.
The bachelorette party.
It’s a dual bachelor-bachelorette party, which I’m fine with.
Better than fine, actually. No interest in going to hang out with my sister’s fiancé at a strip club, drinking beer and smoking cigars and pretending like I won’t kill him if he touches one of the dancers.
Pretty sure he wouldn’t cheat on Emma. That he’s not the dick he’s playing this week. Or even the better part of this past year.
I mostly tolerated him fine from the time they hooked back up after college until he proposed.
Or maybe he tolerated me until he proposed.
Or until I made a fuck ton of money while he was running his family’s business into the ground.
Doesn’t take a genius to know that bothers the shit out of him.
Not like I’m rubbing it in his face. He came to me. Not the other way around. And yeah, I’m not really happy that he knows I have a pile of cash.
Em swears she didn’t tell him on purpose, that he found out by accident while she was working on my taxes last year, but they also have thisno secretsrule.
Which apparently doesn’t extend to Chandler telling her how her dream wedding’s being paid off.
I nod to Claire. “Looks like. You been to one of these before?”
Small talk is where it’s at. Easy to pay attention while keeping an eye out for the rest of the wedding party.
Like one of the other bridesmaids who didn’t come back to our room at all today, even though I know she should’ve been done with brunch with Emma and Sabrina hours ago.
Was one of the triplets flirting with her?
Weremultipleof the triplets flirting with her?
Fuck.
I hope she’s not embarrassed.
I should’ve told her I’ve also gotten so drunk I cried a time or two.
Shouldn’t have taken so long to get back to the room with hangover food.
But I couldn’t go back without the cookies.
Couldn’t do it.
I wanted Laney to have those cookies.
