“Uh, yeah, sure, but I can’t put you up.”
“That’s fine, we’ll book a hotel.”
“Okay.”
“And we’ll take you out for a meal after the ceremony.”
Called it.
“Billy would like to come.”
I scowl. “I can only invite two people to the ceremony.”
“I understand, but he wants to see you.”
I bet he doesn’t.
“It’s been so long since the two of you hung out.Maybe you could spend time together while your dad and I do the tourist thing.”
“I’ll be working the day before.”
“Couldn’t you take the day off?”
“I haven’t been there long, and I already have to take graduation day off.”
“Well, maybe he could come to yours in the evening, then, when you’ve finished work. Unless you’re working that evening? You do shifts at the gym, don't you?”
I pinch the bridge of my nose.
Flynn rubs my thigh supportively.
“No. I start early that day. I’ll be done by four," I say.
“Wonderful! We’ll drop Billy off at yours around five?”
“Fine.” Do I sound grumpy?
“See you in a few weeks. Love you.”
“I love you, too.” I end the call and breathe out. “How much of that did you hear?”
“Enough.”
“Billy’s coming.”
“I figured.”
I shift in my seat so I’m as angled towards Flynn as possible. “We should tell him.”
“Yeah.”
“I can tell him. You don’t have to be there.”
“Wouldn’t that be cowardly?”
“After the way he treated you? No.”
Flynn gnaws his bent knucklebefore taking a deep breath. “I’ll be there. We’re a team. We support each other.”
