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After Colby came home on Monday, we had dinner and he appeared much more upbeat after being at Logan’s than on previous visits.
“Have a good time, bud?”
“Yeah, it was nice,” he mumbled. “We went to the cinema with my grandparents and he’s going to take me to a Marvel Universe convention next week.” I could see it had meant a lot to him that his dad was making more of an effort.
“Excellent, then we better sharpen up your knowledge on the characters tomorrow night.”
“Erm not tomorrow, Sawyer. Hammer and James are supposed to be coming tomorrow to talk about the wedding.” I knew I looked sheepish by the glare she gave me. “You did call them, right?”
“Not yet,” I grumbled, still reluctant to have my brother around.
“You’ll do it though, right?”
“Right,” I replied.
“Good. There, was that so hard?” she asked, knowing full well it had been for me. She looked pleased with herself. “I’ve asked Tricia and Lorna to come tomorrow evening after work as well. Lorna mentioned she’s flying home on Wednesday and Logan’s parents are only here until Thursday to free up Hammer to come over.”
Since when did everything happen to other people’s timetables? When I saw the excitement in her baby blue eyes I knew forgiving my brother had meant a lot to her, and I had to agree the wedding would be easier to handle if all of my family were on speaking terms.
“If we invite them over it’ll just be something informal. Us girls can discuss some of the finer details and I’ll Skype with your mom, Tammy, and Caitlin later in the week,” Billie suggested.
“From the groom’s point of view, there’s not much to discuss. I pull on a tux and turn up looking sober, Hammer will be around to make sure I don’t duck out and James …” I shrugged. “He can help Hammer stay sober enough to do the first part.”
Billie flashed me a sarcastic smirk and shook her head. “You do still want to get married, yes?”
My eyes softened and I grinned. “That’s the one thing I’m cast iron sure of,” I replied and bent to take her mouth in a kiss. Before we got carried away, she pulled her head back and stared intensely into my eyes.
“You’ll call Hammer and James now?” she insisted, and I smirked knowingly.
“Sure, I’ll do it in a minute.” My response was rewarded with a slow and sensual kiss until I cupped the back of her head and pushed us closer together. A semi-hard-on grew in my pants until Colby’s voice cut into our intimate moment.
“Who’s James?” his inquisitive little voice asked. As far as I was concerned a bucket of ice water would have been far less disruptive to my mood. Worse than this, I figured his constant questions were a nosy disposition inherited from his mother.
Colby wasn’t growing any further on me when he became super excited about having a real uncle, until I explained, Jonathan was Tammy’s husband and Geoff was Caitlin’s so he had two uncles already.
“But they’re not your brothers, that’s a special uncle because he’s next to you and you’re going to be my stepdad.”
“I suppose,” was all I had in a reluctant reply when I looked over toward Billie, who bit back a grin. She knew her kid was riling the fuck out of me and I had no argument for what he had to say.
“I wish I had a brother,” he said in a moping tone. “Or a sister,” he added, quickly. “It’s boring being just me.”
When I looked back at Billie the smile had gone, but it was my turn to grin because without even realizing it, Colby had leveled us both in thought with his innocent comments again.
