“Maybe it’s time for a little role reversal with you and me, considering the blast I got from
you when Emma and I got together. Just what are your intentions toward my surrogate sister?”
“I intend to have dinner with her.”
“And do you intend to get lucky later?”
“I’d be a fool not to. We’re enjoying this new phase. It’s ... new,” he decided. “For both of
us. She matters, always has.You know that. She just matters differently now. But I’m not
thinking of hiring my sister to plan the wedding.”
“Ever, or yet?”
“Jesus, Jack.” Because his throat was suddenly dry, Del took a long drink of water.
“It’s a fair question.”
“You’ve got weddings on the brain,” Del muttered. “Maybe there is something in the water
over there. Anyway, I don’t know. I haven’t thought about it, really. And now I can’t think
about anything else. Look, I know Laurel. She’s not thinking about getting married, and
certainly not just because Mac and Emma are. This is the girl who went off to New York and
Paris on her own to study. Hell, she seriously considered moving to Paris, was working here to
save up the money for it when ...”
“Yeah, I know.”The teasing light winked out of Jack’s eyes. “All that changed when your
parents died