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Corbyn laughed. “I’m not sure anyone but us would call that a waterfall.”
“It seemed like a waterfall when we were floating down it on inner tubes.”
“That’s true. We thought we were quite the adventurers.”
“How old was Clem when we sent her down?”
“Three, I think.”
“Shit.”
“Yeah. Mom was not happy when she heard about that. She didn’t speak to Uncle Rand for a week, since he was with us and didn’t stop us from sending her baby down the creek.”
Gage laughed. “Yeah. But the best thing we did was put her on that sled, then tie it to the sheep.”
Corbyn shook his head. “That was you and Cooper. I wasn’t involved in that stunt.”
“Mom caught us as we were about to let Shelly the sheep take off.”
Corbyn leaned forward on the desk. “Despite losing Seth. We had a damn good childhood, Gage. And that’s what you need to concentrate on.”
“I know. And I do, the rest of the year.”
“Sharing it with Sydney will make it easier. Once I told Julianna, it made April fifteenth much easier to navigate.”
“I’m beginning to understand that having someone to talk to makes a lot of things easier to navigate.”
“It does.”
“And who do you talk to now, big brother?”
“That is one thing I miss about being in a relationship.”
“You need to get yourself back out there.”
Corbyn sat up straight in his chair. “Probably not going to happen. I’m fine. Rose and I have it all figured out.”
“Not quite the same.”
“But it works for me.”
Gage stood. “I call bullshit on that. But you keep telling yourself that you’re fine.”
Corbyn looked up at him. “Says the man who has hardly even dated in his thirty years.”
“But now, that has changed. And I get it.” He moved toward the door. “I’ll see you around.”
“Wednesday. I’ll be at your swearing in.”
“Right. The swearing in. Can’t wait.”
“Bye, Mayor Calaway.”
He gave Corbyn a wave as he went to the door. “See you Wednesday, Dr. Calaway.”
Gage wasn’t sure where Sydney would be. It wasn’t her responsibility to open the office when he didn’t show up. But she probably did. She’d be there running things without him asking her to do so. He drove to the office and saw Sydney’s car parked out front.
When he went inside, she was talking to Brian, who owned the grocery store. They both looked at him when he came through the door.
