Page 56 of Keep On Loving You

Kat had to force herself not to look at Andy, because love wouldn’t be in the cards for them. The thought made her suddenly very sad, but it was probably just the exhaustion.

It was also the exhaustion that led to her finally relenting.

“Okay,” she said after a minute. “I’ll tell you.”

Almost everyone spoke at once.

“Really?”

“Finally!”

But it was one voice that pulled her attention. She finally blinked and looked at Andy, who watched her with a look of such genuine concern that she almost changed her mind.

“You’re sure, Kat?” he asked again.

“Why wouldn’t she be sure?” It was Chase who spun on Andy. “We’re family.”

“Besides,” Craig added. “You already know.”

All heads turned to look at Andy then.

“You know?” Asher looked between Andy and then Kat. “You told him?”

She really was far too tired to deal with this. Especially if her brothers were going to get all territorial about it.

“Yes, I told him,” she said with a deep sigh. “I told Andy because he offered to help me out with everything.” She held up a hand to stop any objections. “I’m not allowed to have any family help, but as much as we all think otherwise, technically Andy isn’t family.” She made the mistake of looking at her friend Annie, who had a wry grin on her face.

Kat looked away. “So yes, Andy knows what’s on the list but it’s not a big secret. Not really. I just needed some time to absorb it all.” It had to be because she was so tired, but still it annoyed her that she felt tears threatening.

“It’s okay, Kat.” Charli reached across the table and took her hand. “There’s no right way to handle this kind of thing.”

That was true. But yet, each of them had already handled their turns and survived. And for the last few years, while she was watching Chase, Charli, Craig, and Asher, selfishly, she’d hardly even thought about how hard it might all be for them. She’d been so focused on when it would beherturn.

And here she was, completely overwhelmed by it all. Still, that didn’t mean she should keep them all in the dark. They had a right to know.

“There are a few things on the list. And with Andy’s help, I’ve already taken care of two of them. I think I wanted to get the scary ones out of the way first.” Therewas one scarier thing, but she didn’t feel like sharing that particular detail right away.

“So we know you climbed Pulpit,” Craig said. “I still can’t actually believe you did that one without more training.” He shook his head. “Especially with a bad wrist.”

“I hiked with my feet, Craig.” Kat rolled her eyes, and Lucy laughed.

Craig shot his fiancée a look before blowing her a kiss.

“But yes, that was a scary one, and I’m willing to bet that Dad didn’t think I’d tackle that one right away either. But I’m glad I did.” She locked eyes with Andy. There was no way she would have been able to conquer such a feat without him.

He gave her a slight nod of acknowledgment.

“You said you’d done two.” Asher was impatient. “So what else did you do?”

With her eyes still locked on Andy, Kat let herself remember the night they’d jumped off the bridge together, and everything that happened afterward, but only for a moment before she forced herself to look away.

“We jumped off a bridge.”

“What the?—”

“Cool!”

“Kat!”

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