Dipped.
She’s on the way back to California, and I have no choice but to head to a team meeting and then to a game tonight, and the only way I’m going to get through all of that is knowing that I’ll be getting on a plane myself and following her later tonight.
Logan
Good news, I feel completely fine, that was a false alarm
Jonas
Excellent, because everyone who went out last night fucked the bed at morning skate
That sucks for my teammates, but it’s good cover for me with Wilson.
I can’t wrap my head around him having such an incredible daughter and being such a dick to her—but on the other hand, I shouldn’t be surprised, given my limited observations of his marriage, and my unfortunately unlimited observations of him as a rigid and hostile coach.
I’m thinking about texting my dad and asking what kind of teammate Wilson was back in the day when my sister starts spamming the sibling group chat.
Emery
Happy new year, big brothers!
Emery
Wedding invitations are officially coming soon, so block off the last week of July
Emery
(That’s amazing, Em, so excited for you and Alexei!)
Emery
You jerks better all be on planes right now
I grin. When she gets all worked up like this, it’s fun to just let her go on a tear. But after a few minutes, our oldest brother breaks. And then the other two follow suit.
Camden
Sorry, I was driving to the rink
Wyatt
Yeah, same
Forrest
I was asleep, but you already know I’ve blocked off the whole month for best man duties
Emery
That’s overkill, unless “best man duties” is code for babysitting your nieces
Wyatt
nieces, plural???
I sit up straighter. Emery is approximately a hundred months pregnant, so at some point in the next little while, she’s going to have a baby—before she walks down the aisle, because Grangers don’t care about propriety that much. Once she shacked up with Forrest’s former teammate, a Russian goalie with a little girl already, there wasn’t much point in them waiting for kiddo number two.
A fact that our younger sister delights in underlining for us whenever we pretend she’s still a kid herself. But the truth is, she’s an awesome mom.
