Page 72 of Summer with My Sexy Ex
“I’m here if you need me,” I say.
“Thanks, Brie. And hey…” He pauses.
“Yeah?”
“I’m sorry about you and Wyatt. I know you don’t want the relationship, but it’s still hard.”
I start to argue, to tell him it’s not that I don’twantthe relationship, but that would sound pretty stupid since I left Wyatt and filed for the annulment. So, instead, I say, “Yeah.”
“For what it’s worth, I liked the idea of you guys together,” he adds.
“Yeah,” I say again. I don’t know what else to say.
Blanche:If you don’t ask, I will.
I pull my big girl panties up and ask what I really want to know, “Is he okay?”
“Oh yeah,” Blake says. “You know Wyatt. He always lands back on his feet. He’s totally good. Don’t worry.”
“Oh.” What in the actual hell? I’m over here dreaming about him every night, crying into my pillow, wondering if I made a mistake in leaving, contemplating calling every other hour to beg him to take me back, and he’stotallygood.
God, Wyatt is such an asshole.
“That’s what you want, right?” Blake asks. “For him to be good?”
“Well, yeah, but…”
“But what?”
Yeah, but what?
“Nothing. That’s good. I’m happy,” I say, sounding anything but.
Blanche:Wow. That was convincing. Should we play some poker next?
I’m not good at poker.
Blanche:I wonder why.
“Awesome,” Blake says. “Talk soon.” He hangs up before I have a chance to say anything else.
“Wyatt’s good?” I mimic after the call disconnects, talking to an empty room. “He’s good? Are you freaking kidding me right now?” I’m not sure if I could hate him more. I open my bedroom door and yell, “Darbs! We need a new plan!”
wyatt - four days before blake's wedding
“I knowyou’re still pissed about the annulment being final, and you miss my sister and shit, but I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t need your help.”
“Dude, I don’t know anything about planning a wedding,” I say.
“And I do?” Blake asks, sounding incredulous. “Taylor hasn’t involved me in a single decision. She and her friends have done it all.”
“Shit, sorry.”
“It is what it is. Look, I have a list from Taylor. How hard can it be?”
“Does it include step-by-step instructions?” I’m being sarcastic, but then I realize it probably does if it’s from Taylor.
“Yeah,” Blake says, confirming as much. “I’ll be honest, it’s more of a binder than a list. A big ass binder. I’m sure it has everything we could possibly need.”
