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“Of course I do, princess. It also sounds like the perfect amount of time to figure out how we want to handle this. I want to rekindle our friendship just as much as you do.”
Once again, tears well up, but I can’t stop them this time. No amount of strength can stop the icy stream of tears from wetting my cheeks.
Oliver’s eyes redden as well.
“Please say yes.”
“Yes—”
Before I can even finish, Oliver wraps me up in a hug and twists me around. Normally, this is when he’d kiss me, but after the twirl, he lets me down and grins sheepishly.
“Sorry, I’ve been wanting to hug you since I saw your beautiful face.”
Then it dawns on me that I have absolutely zero makeup on. I took Ella’s advice about travel wear, clad only in a white tank top and sweat shorts.
And while I don’t need Oliver to make me feel proud of being a trans woman, it doesn’t hurt to be still seen that way.
I look over to my family’s red sedan and see Ella and Mimi with their thumbs up.
Those little bitches have been watching this whole time. Red creeps over my cheeks at the thought.
I ignore my siblings and look back at the beautiful, wonderful, perfect, and way-too-good-for-me man still grinning like he’s got an Olympic gold medal.
I’m the medal he’s so proud of, and that thought squeezes my whole being.
“Am I driving with you?” I ask, hoping it’s a yes.
“I want you to, but that’s up to you.” Oliver reaches out but stops. “Sorry, I don’t really know where we should start with this whole rebuilding thing.”
“How about we start simple?” I look him up and down and take his hand in mine. My heart skips a beat, and my skin burns with arousal just from his touch. “Hi, my name is Sally Reed.”
Epilogue - Oliver
TWO WEEKS LATER
Nothing could have prepared me for the two weeks I’ve spent so far with the Reed family. Sally did absolutely nothing to warn me about the rest of her family. The only ones not present are Trinity and Lotte.
Trinity is an up-and-coming actress that landed a lead role last year and has been busy since.
Then there’s her sister Lotte. Sally forgot to mention that her sister is a minx from Enchantment, a famous strip club in Grand Rapids, that runs its own magazine and online platform.
I don’t even want to think about the fact that I had one of their magazines in my room. Sally and I had sex in that room, and she didn’t say a single word.
I won’t lie and say meeting the family was a cakewalk. I’ve never been the “meet the family” type. Sure, I’ve met Casey and Piper’s parents, but that was different. I had never slept with them. I never met Jade’s family.
Two weeks later, I still get awkward stare-downs whenever I interact with Sally. I would take a hundred awkward dinners if it meant not having to tiptoe around her, though.
Tomorrow is the sendoff, and I’ll be driving Sally all the way to Grace Hill University. Then I have to wait four years for us to really be together.
I hang my head at the thought. I want us to be together now, but I’m not going to push her, not when the stunt I pulled back in Alliance already freaked her out a bit.
“Hiding in here again?” I look up to find Leon standing in the doorway.
I’ve been staying in his room this week, and he’s the only Reed boy that hasn’t been icing me out.
Sally explained that the basement was made into the boys’ space so they could have a place away from the girls and bring their friends. The floor feels like an apartment, equipped with its own TV, couch, two gaming consoles, a little makeshift bar area, and a mini fridge. Right next to the bedroom is the bathroom. The only thing really missing is a kitchen, but they always have dinner together.
Leon walks over to the ladder, attaching our bunks. “They are definitely more bark than bite.”
