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“Listen, it’s late. Why don’t you sleep here in one of the guest bedrooms, I’m sure Colby would love to see you in the morning, and it would soften the blow of his mom not being here.”
“You mean it?” James asked, his eyes widening at my olive branch.
“Yeah, I have a feeling I’m going to need you more than you know in the years to come. It’ll be nice to have my brother to lean on.”
James sucked in a breath and for a moment looked as if he was about to cry.
“You’re not sick are you?” he asked, his voice deep with concern.
“Nah, quite the opposite. I’ve never felt stronger or more alive in my life.”
“Well good, because I don’t do sick people,” he joked and hugged me again.
When my head hit the pillow, I’d expected to pass out, what with the early morning flight from Las Vegas to Newark and it being almost 1:00 a.m. by the time I crashed into bed. But with all the events of the day, and the worry of Billie being in the hospital, I knew I was likely to be in for a sleepless night.
