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Share Us
“What is it?” I asked. It wasn’t like my sister not to share.
“I feel bad.” She winced.
“You feel bad?" My hand darted up to feel her forehead. “Like sick? I asked, but she was cool as a cucumber.
“No. I just… I know you come home for the weekend to spend time with us.”
“But?”
“But I was thinking about going out of town with the kids for the weekend. Maybe head to the beach.”
“Oh.” I blinked. “I assume you wanna do this without me?” I guessed, and she shrugged.
“It’s just…” She pressed her lips together. “The call today… shook me up, and Joshua offered his beach house, and it sounds great.”
“Josh-ua?” My ears perked up. “Is this the same Dr. Joshua Silver who made you leave early?”
“Rosie, it is not what you think.”
"Hmm.” I pressed my lips together, but she was already arguing with me.
“If you even saw him or Dr. Montoya?—"
“You mean Rick Montoya?”
“Rosie,” she groaned, but my smile broadened.
“And what about Dr. Jefferson, umm, gosh, I can’t remember his first name?”
“Rosie,” she warned and shook her head. “It’s not like that,” she whispered, looking around to make sure no little ears heard her. “They are nice doctors. That’s it.”
“Hmm, nice is good.” My lips twitched, and then I shrugged. It was obvious my sister wasn’t ready to share, and I wasn’t going to push her. “I think you and the kids will have an amazing time, and there is nothing to feel bad about. You deserve some family time together.”
“You’re our family, too.”
“I know, but you know what I mean.”
“But—"
“It’s okay.” I smiled genuinely at her and squeezed her hand. “You guys have a good time. You deserve it.”
“But—"
“I will have to sacrifice myself to binging on yummy pizza and a couple bottles of wine this weekend.” I winked at her after hugging her and made my way toward the basement.
“Hey, you okay?” she called out. I glanced at her from over my shoulder.
“What? Why?”
“I don’t know… you look…” Her voice drifted to nothing, and I waited for a beat.
“What? What do I look like?”
“Different.”
That would probably be the slutty afterglow I felt after making out with my bosses and then some with one. But I didn’t share that. “I’m good.”
“You sure?” Her head tilted, and her dark hair that was a lot like mine, just longer because she said she had no time to go to a hair salon, tumbled down her shoulder.
