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It only took me a month to convince him to come out and meet the rest of the family. Once Spencer got the green light from Nana, we found a hole in the schedule that coincided with Spencer’s bye week, and here we are back in Minnesota so Theo can check out Newlywed Vineyard and take notes to bring back to Temecula.
Nana hasn’t officially signed anything over to me yet, but the paperwork is in progress. For now, I’m just letting both vineyards run as they always have, and I’m taking a little time off as I get to know everyone in California. It’s starting to feel like home, though most days I’m pretty sure I’m waking up in some sort of dream.
When Spencer goes to practice, I drive an hour to the vineyard that will be mine after all the proper paperwork is filed. I check in on the other vineyard that is set to be mine, too, and then I head back home, stare out over the bay, and wait for Spencer to join me for dinner.
Amelia steps tentatively out of her office when she hears voices. She’s never been tentative a day in her life, and I can’t help but wonder what’s up with her.
“Theo, this is my sister, Amelia,” I say.
He purses his lips and narrows his eyes. “I’ve heard about you, too,” he says, and I’m certain he’s teasing since I’ve reserved my gossip where she’s concerned other than to tell him we don’t always get along.
But I do feel like I have a sister I get along with now. Over the last month, I’ve grown closer to my sister-in-law, Ava…the one whose dress I wore to my own wedding.
She texted me when she heard from Grayson that Spencer and I were back together and I was moving to California, and she commiserates with me about what it’s like being married to a football player when he’s in season.
She’s quickly become one of my best friends, and we’re both looking forward to December when the Vegas Aces come out to San Diego to play the Storm—mostly so we can spend the weekend hanging out on the balcony and gossiping about the other football wives we’ve met.
I mean…sharing industry secrets.
Never gossiping.
“I’m just kidding,” Theo says, and he hugs Amelia, too.
“Can I talk to you?” Amelia asks me quietly after Theo spots Nana and beelines for his half-sister.
I nod, and I squeeze Spencer’s hand before I head into her office. She closes the door behind me.
“What’s going on?” I ask.
“I, uh…just wanted to apologize to you. I know I’ve been an asshole to you your entire life, and you never deserved that.” She lifts a shoulder. “Well, you didn’t always deserve that. Especially not the mustard thing. I just got so hellbent on winning that I stopped caring about who I’d hurt. But the truth is that you always deserved the vineyard.”
“What’s bringing this on?” I ask, not trusting that she’s being genuine with me.
She blows out a breath. “I’m pregnant.”
“You’re…you’re what?”
“Pregnant,” she repeats.
“Drew’s?” I ask.
She shrugs. “I’m not sure.”
“Oh, Amelia,” I say. “What are you going to do?”
She sighs. “I don't know.”
“It's either Drew’s or…?” I trail off to allow her to fill in the blank, and I hope it’s only one.
“Pete.”
I nod. “You know about the will, right?”
“Yeah. Dad told me when he walked in on Pete and me in the kitchen a few weeks ago.” She cringes at the memory.
Sometimes I wonder how it's possible that we’re related at all when we're so different from each other. The idea of being in a relationship and stepping outside of it would just never occur to me. Yeah, my own sister is cheating on her husband after she was cheating on my husband back when they were together. It hurts my heart to know that this is how she treats people, but it shouldn't be fully unexpected considering how she has treated me my entire life.
Still, this might be the first time I actually feel bad for her.
