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“Absolutely. And if necessary, I will beat the shit out of you until it sinks in.”
I chuckle. “Thanks a lot.”
“Come on, you know that’s what this is. You’ve had plenty of time to change your mind, and it wasn’t until this testing shit came up that you started to panic. It’s all going to work out. I’m a hundred percent sure.”
“You can’t be a hundred percent sure.”
“Okay, ninety-nine-point-nine.”
“And what if you’re wrong?” I ask quietly.
Aaron shakes his head. “Not about this. No way in hell.”
After just a few minutes with Aaron, I feel better. We meet up with Kane a while later and go bowling, something none of us is great at but decided it would be a low-stress way to spend a few hours indoors.
It’s a thousand degrees outside, so we look for something that will keep us out of the heat, and now we’re eating buffalo wings and drinking beer at two in the afternoon.
“Sergei’s going to kill us for not calling him,” I laugh. “He loves to bowl.”
“Yeah, but then he’d make us look bad,” Kane says, shaking his head. “Probably throw a three hundred or something.”
“Has he bowled a perfect score?” Aaron asks incredulously.
“I think he has,” I admit, nodding. “His brother Toli has too.”
“Damn Russians,” Kane mutters. He’s only kidding since we’re all close, but Sergei is one of those all-around athletes you love to hate.
“So tomorrow is the rehearsal dinner, right?” Aaron asks, sitting down.
I nod.
“And we’re going?” Kane arches a brow. “You’re not being a moron anymore...?”
I chuckle. “No, I think I got it all out of my system. I’m good.”
“Getting married is scary,” Kane says, nodding. “Especially since you’ve already done it and it didn’t end well.”
“I might have panicked,” I admit. “All the genetic testing and talk about babies and all that. It fucked with my head. Speaking of which, I need to call Whitney and get back to the house to start getting ready for tonight’s family dinner.”
“Yeah, I’ve left Hailey long enough,” Kane says, as we start to gather our things and take off the bowling shoes we rented.
“I have nowhere to be until tomorrow,” Aaron says. “I’m going to take a nap.”
We split up, with Kane taking Aaron back to the hotel since he’s staying at the same one as Kane and Hailey, and I get in the rental car and head home. I call Whitney on the way, but she doesn’t pick up, and I hope she’s not mad at me.
I needed a little time to clear my head, but I’m okay now. I’ve definitely been hit with a case of pre-wedding jitters that screwed up my head, and I can’t explain it.
I owe Whitney a huge apology but know her well enough to know she wouldn’t just give up on us.
Or on me.
We’ve overcome too much and come too far to give in to nerves, missing lab results, and family drama.
Chapter 10
Whitney
Jake’s note was sweet but didn’t necessarily make me feel any better.
