“I’ll send it to her later.” She hopped up and went to the fridge. “Want a drink?”
In the Moore house,drinkmeant a coke or sweet tea. Alcoholic beverages never crossed over the threshold. Jules said their demons still paid visits.
“Sweet tea. Thanks.”
She pulled the pitcher out. “By the way, where is Katelyn? I thought she had Friday nights off.”
I’d been putting this off for months. Probably time to spill the beans though so Jules wouldn’t send Kate that stupid picture after she got her phone back. “She does.”
A thoughtful frown crossed over her face as she raised her voice over the ice dispenser. “Is she busy today then? I haven’t seen her in forever.”
“About that?—”
Jules stopped.
“We—”
“Jackson, no.” She paled. “Don’t even say it.”
I stopped explaining and watched a wave of anguish cross her face. Her matrimonial hopes and dreams for me were being dashed to smithereens. Yet again. Without me even divulging the details, Jules knew. Irritation flashed in me. Felt my jaw clenching.
And here we go.
Her voice was breathless as she melted back onto the stool. “When?”
“Beginning of January.”
“That was threemonthsago!”
I scraped the last bit of frosting from the jar as she sat there, mouth open.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” she pressed.
“Didn’t feel like talking about it. Still don’t.”
She smacked her forehead with her palm. “I feel like an idiot! I texted her two weeks ago and told her we missed seeing her around. No wonder she didn’t text me back!”
“Sorry about that.”
“I liked Katelyn! Why did you dump her?”
“Why are you automatically assumingIdid the dumping?”
“Because it’s always you.”
I scoffed at that. Notalways.Not when it mattered.
“Can we stop talking about this?”
She ignored my request. “I can remember one time in the last four years that a woman did the dumping. Women fall hard for you.”
“Not that hard.”
“Come on, Jack. Yes, they do. Remember Bree?”
I couldn't forget her if I tried. Bree was a whole other levelof obsessed. I opened my mouth to respond, but Jules cut me off.
“My point is the women who date you are serious and then you dump them!”
