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There were times Kate was out of the country and time zones played a factor.
She loved Kate like a sister and always would, but Kate had her own demons that she dealt with in life too.
Guess everyone did and Sage had to get over it and find her confidence like her brother had just said.
10
ADOLESCENT DREAM COME TRUE
The following Sunday, Knox was pulling in front of Trace and Violet’s home for dinner. If he found it odd he was meeting her family this soon, he pushed it off.
It’s not like they’d even done much more than kiss in the almost three weeks they’d been dating.
If she wanted to take it slow, he was fine with it. He had nothing else going on in his life that was pressing. No other hot chick banging on his door and wanting his attention.
The fact he was dating Sage Mancini was enough in his eyes. Like his adolescent dream come true.
How many guys who looked like him back then could say they were seeing their first crush? Even if it was twenty years later.
“Trace will be good,” Sage said. “At least I hope.”
There was a laugh after that statement and he wasn’t sure the reason for it.
“So he’s not going to open the door wearing a gun or anything?”
He knew Trace had been in the Army. He was positive there were guns in the house.
“I doubt that,” she said. “Now if it was my father…” She burst out laughing at him.
“You’re not making me feel any better.”
“I’m only kidding. My father is pretty protective. Let’s say I’ve had some crappy men in my life that my father and brother didn’t care for.”
This was the first he had heard this piece of news.
“Recently?”
They were walking to the front door. “It’s not the time.”
The door opened before they made it up the last step. “Hi, I’m Violet. Come on in.”
When they were through the door, Sage said, “Violet, this is Knox Bradford. And the guy standing behind Violet is my brother, Trace.”
He shook hands with both of them. Violet was shorter than Sage, Trace a few inches shorter than him and not as muscular.
Though he was sure the guy was years ago in his prime before his back injury.
Now he sat most of the time for his career.
“It’s nice to meet you both,” Knox said.
“Sage tells us you two knew each other back in middle school?” Violet asked. “Let’s go in the back and get comfortable. Trace can bring out drinks if you want a beer. You might need it.”
There was laughter at that statement and he wondered what the heck he was missing.
“I could use a beer,” he said. “By the sounds of it.”
Trace smirked. “I’m not that bad. Now if my grandmother were here...”
