Page 41 of Good Sisters

‘Yes, he did. Robert is a lovely boy.’

‘Must be difficult to trust Jack, though. I mean, he let you down a lot, financially, and then shacking up with someone young enough to be your daughter.’

‘Jack and I are great, thanks. Speaking of daughters, that’s my Jess.’ Sophie pointed to Jess, who was standing a few feet away, talking into her phone. ‘You probably remember her from when she was much younger.’

Victoria looked Jess up and down. ‘Here to try to find an elite boyfriend, I suppose?’

‘No, she’s here to support her cousins, the three stars of the team.’

Thankfully, before a full cat fight broke out, the triplets trundled over to say hi to their cousin.

‘What are you doing here? Are you lost?’ Liam slagged her.

Jess put her phone down and grinned. ‘I was bored, so I thought I’d come down and see if you’re actually any good.’

‘And?’ Leo asked.

‘Not bad.’

‘Not bad? I scored the winning try!’ Luke playfully hit her on the arm.

‘I kicked most of the points,’ Liam said.

‘Did you see my pass to Barry for his try?’ Leo asked.

‘Okay, okay, you were all great.’ Jess laughed.

They walked over to us and Sophie congratulated them loudly and effusively.

Sebastian came up behind them.

‘Hello, darling,’ Victoria gushed, trying to hug him as he swatted her away.

He locked eyes with Jess. ‘Hi.’

‘Hi.’ Jess blushed.

‘I’m Sebastian,’ he said.

‘This is our cousin, Jess.’ Leo introduced her.

‘How come you guys never told me you had a supermodel cousin?’ Sebastian drawled.

The triplets made vomit noises. I felt like joining them. Smarmy, overconfident little git.

‘Could you be any lamer?’ Luke asked Sebastian.

‘Dude, you’re so cheesy,’ Leo said.

‘Step away,’ Liam warned.

I watched Jess’s face. Her eyes were on Sebastian and she was lapping up his attention.

‘Jess!’ Sophie said sharply. ‘We need to go.’

‘Yes, so do we, Sebastian.’ Victoria tugged at her son’s arm.

‘Really nice to meet you, Jess,’ Sebastian said, not taking his eyes off her.

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