Anything Like Me by Kimberly Knight

Author:Kimberly Knight [Knight, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

I met with Ryan for Happy Hour after work while Brandon and Blake had their weekly poker game. We talked almost every day, but it was hard to find time to hang out with her since I lived so far away. She was still trying to talk Max into moving into our neighborhood.

Ryan always wanted to live in the suburbs. Even though the city fit her and she liked to party, her heart’s greatest desire was to start a family. Max still wasn’t ready to have a baby. Being a defense attorney required him to work many hours. He promised her that after being married for a year, he would cut down on his hours so they could start trying.

We ordered our usual vodka and cranberry with appetizers for dinner at MoMo’s.

“I’ve missed this,” I said.

“Me too.”

“I saw a house for sale down the street from me this morning on my way to work.”

“Really? I’ll tell Max. Our one year wedding anniversary is just right around the corner.”

“Not really.” I laughed. “You’ve only been married like three months.”

“Four, but it seems longer.”

“I can’t imagine how you will feel in ten years.” We laughed.

“How’s Blake?”

“Why do you ask?”

It had been almost two months since our Tahoe trip. After talking to Ryan the morning of the Fourth, I let her flirting with Blake go. I knew Ryan wouldn’t cheat on Max and I understood that getting attention from a hot guy was––in a word––awesome.

I also knew that once the trip was over, things would go back to normal. Normal as in Blake getting drunk a few times a week, Brandon coming home from poker hammered and me having to take care of them both.

I couldn’t push the issue of Blake finding his own place. San Francisco was one of the most expensive cities to live in, and there was no way that Blake had enough money to find his own place just yet.

Even though he promised me that he would be out by the time Brandon and I got married, I didn’t see that happening. I did feel safer living with two guys, but since our enemies were now in jail, I could breathe easier.

“You just haven’t mentioned him lately when we send instant messages at work,” Ryan said, breaking my train of thought.

“He’s Blake. You know, the guy who is a bad influence on his big brother. The one who wants to fuck anything that walks.”

Okay, that wasn’t quite true. Blake was indeed a ladies’ man, but he still had standards. He’d gone out on dates a few times since he had lived here after he and Stacey broke up again. Blake had shown Brandon and I pictures of the current women in his life, and they were all beautiful.

“Stacey is still coming to the wedding, right?”

“Yeah, as far as I know. She RSVP’d.”

“Isn’t that going to be awkward with Blake there?”

“I hope not. They both told me that they are bringing dates and promised to be on their best behavior.

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