A Little Ray of Sunshine by Lani Diane Rich

Author:Lani Diane Rich
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

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He’s a grown-up, capable man with a business to run, and he’s running it. I think you need to admit that your big desire to fix him is about what you need from him, not necessarily about him. Maybe you should think about what it is you need, and why.”

I opened my mouth to respond and she held up her hand.

“Thinking requires at least a minute of silence.” She reached to the nightstand and grabbed her watch. “Okay.

The minute starts . . . now.”

I inhaled deeply and thought about what I needed from Luke, why I’d come rushing back to Fletcher after reading his letter, what it was that I’d expected, and how it differed from what I got. Finally, Jess put the watch down, crossed her arms over her stomach, and stared at me expectantly.

I raised my eyebrows back at her. “What?”

“Do you have an answer?”

“Yes,” I said, “and it’s the same as before. He’s broken and he needs fixing and I think you should hop to it.”

She laughed. “You know what I really want to do?”

“Fix Luke?”

“I want to make a bookshelf for your mom. As a wedding gift. And I’d like you to help me. I think it would mean a lot to her if you made her something with your own hands.”

“And in what way does that fix Luke?”

Jess smiled and shook her head. “I don’t know. I had this idea in my head earlier today, and it just popped in A L I T T L E R AY O F S U N S H I N E 143

there again, which means it’s what we’re supposed to do.

And if it’s supposed to fix Luke, it will.”

I stared at her. “Really? Seriously? Luke’s going to get his sense of humor back if we build a bookshelf?”

She thought for a moment, then spoke. “It’s possible the bookshelf thing isn’t about Luke. I’m just going to ask you to trust me on this. My internal guide says,

‘Build a bookshelf,’ so I think that’s what we should do.

We’ll just have to see what happens from there. Okay?”

I sighed, then pushed myself up from the bed.

“Aren’t you divine people supposed to just wink or wave your hand or sprinkle some fairy dust and everything just magically falls into place?”

“I think you’re mixing your mythology,” she said.

“Good night, EJ.”

“ ’Night.” I pulled the door shut behind me and traipsed back down the hall to my room, where I tossed and turned until the sun came up.

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“Danny and I had a talk last night,” Mom said at breakfast the next morning, “and we were thinking that, Emmy, it might be fun for you and Danny to have a day together, and I can take Jess out for a girls’ day on the town.” She reached out and patted Jess on the arm. “It’s the least I can do for my new bridesmaid.”

She grinned at Jess and giggled in excitement. I sat up straighter.

“What do you need a bridesmaid for? I thought you guys were getting married at the courthouse.

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