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I pulled my sunglasses up and put them on top of my head. “Listen to me,” I started and looked to see if either of the girls were coming back first. “You are the luckiest girl I know. Do you know why?”
She shook her head.
“Because you’ve known Bobby practically your whole life. Sure, he didn’t see you that way in the beginning because he was older than you, but he sees you that way now.” I rubbed her arm. “As for whether he’ll make you happy forever, I don’t have a crystal ball or anything, but he makes you happy now, doesn’t he?”
She nodded and I could see tears fill her eyes. “So happy.”
I smiled. “Then that’s all that matters. What happens down the road? We’ll deal with that then.” I added, “What do I always say?”
“Don’t borrow trouble,” she repeated my motto.
“Exactly. And if he ever gives you any trouble, you tell me and I’ll deal with him myself.”
She chuckled. “Thanks, sis.” She leaned in and gave me a hug.
I hugged her back and smiled. “I’m always here for you,” I promised, as we pulled back.
“I know you are and I can’t tell you how happy that makes me.”
“Hello!” Sophie looked up and chuckled and I turned my head to see Daphne waving her arms around. “What are you doing in my seat, girl? Goodness, I’m gone for like ten minutes and you jump in my seat.”
Sophie climbed back to the front seat. “Sorry, had to talk to my sister.”
“And you couldn’t do that from your seat?” She rolled her eyes. “Now you made it all hot with your big behind.”
“Who’s got a big behind?” Coco asked, coming up behind Daphne.
“What took you so long?” Sophie asked and I was wondering the same thing.
Coco laughed and put a pack of beef jerky on the dashboard. “I got Big Mac’s number.” She held out her arm and flipped it over so we could see the inside of her wrist. “Take that down for me, Soph, would you?”
Sophie got out her phone and texted the number to Coco. “Done.”
“What kind of name is Big Mac?” I asked, furrowing my brows.
Daphne laughed, opening her bag of licorice. “I saw him at the register. He’s definitely a Big Mac.” She held the bag out to me, then Sophie and Coco.
We all shook our heads. I, for one, was still caught up on what she’d said. “What?” I was so confused, but again chalked it up to this being something else I wouldn’t want to know. “Never mind.”
Sophie giggled. “My sister’s a bit square.”
“Whatever,” I said. “Can we just drive? We’re almost there and I’d like to get somewhere where there’s air conditioning soon.”
Coco started up the car again and let out a screech as she did. “Soph’s getting married!” she shouted for the rest of the world to know.
I put my hands on my ears to protect them from the sudden onslaught of wind we were going to pick up. “We could’ve been there sooner if you didn’t stop again, that’s all I’m saying.”
Coco waved her hand in my direction. “Nah, I just made a flood. There was no holding that back for another second.”
“I think I’ll try to get a little shut eye before we get there.” I put my sunglasses back on over my eyes and closed them.
The closer we got to the resort, the closer we got to me facing my biggest fear—running into Lance. I really hoped that wasn’t the case, though, and that I didn’t walk on the beach and bump into him. Honestly, it had been a little over three years, so what were the odds he’d still even be working there? So much had changed in my life, so there was no way he didn’t have changes in his life. Maybe one of those changes put him at another job, in another place, another city, far, far away from Miami.
Chapter Five
Lance
“You know, that makes me feel like a dog,” the woman shared as I bent down to remove the surfboard leash I had to put around her ankle at the start of the lesson.
