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“Don’t forget the wine,” Alex teased.
“As if. I have a Skyrider white chilled.”
“Perfect. I’m getting wangry. See you soon.”
Peyton and Alex knew wangry well. It’s how they referred to customers who came in grouchy from their day and barked their order.
“I forgot how much I like this wine,” Alex said when she came in the front door, picked up the glass, and took a sip. “Do we have any of it at Stave?”
“No, they’re sold out.”
“I didn’t think we had it. How’d you get it?”
Peyton grinned. “I know a guy.”
“All right, enough with the mystery. What did you do today?”
She motioned in the direction of the family room, where the boys were doing their homework. “I’ll tell you after they’re in bed.”
Alex got up and went to the doorway where she could see both of them. “Jamison? Finn?”
When she didn’t get a response, she plopped into the chair next to Peyton. “Headphones on, can’t hear a thing. Now, talk.”
“I’d rather wait until I know they’re asleep.”
“Not a chance. I’ve been way more patient than you would’ve been with me.”
“All right.”
Peyton told Alex she spent the day in San Luis Obispo, about having breakfast, then going to Avila Beach and driving back through See Canyon. The only thing she hadn’t admitted was who she’d done it all with.
Given Alex glared at her with her arms folded, her omission hadn’t gone unnoticed.
“I was with Brodie,” she whispered, glancing in the direction of the family room, hoping her boys were still wearing their headphones.
“Oh my God.”
“Shush! The boys were asking about him last night, and I don’t want them to get the wrong idea.”
“What’s the right idea?”
“I don’t know. It’s weird.”
“When are you seeing him again?”
“I’m not. At least not intentionally.” She’d already been trying to figure out a way to “bump into him,” but so far, hadn’t come up with anything that wouldn’t be obvious.
“Does he want to see you again?”
“Too much.”
“What does that mean? What did he say?”
“That he wished he’d met me under different circumstances.”
“Do you feel the same way?”
If there was anyone she could admit her feelings to, it was Alex, but something stopped her. Two days ago, she wouldn’t have known Brodie Butler if he’d walked into her house uninvited. She would’ve known he was related to Kade though; no one could miss it.
