More than Enemies on the Bridge of Main Street (A Nestled Hollow Romance Book 5) by Meg Easton

Author:Meg Easton [Easton, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountain Heights Publishing
Published: 2019-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The town activity in the high school gym was ten minutes from starting when Zane’s phone buzzed. He pulled it from its clip at his waist and saw his brother’s name. He took a deep breath to mentally prepare himself for the call, and then stepped into the hallway to answer.

“Hello, Wyatt.”

“Hi, Zane. How are you?”

“I’m good. About to start a meeting with the entire town, so if this can be quick...”

“No problem. I was just calling to say hi, and to give you the head’s up that I told Mom and Dad that you moved, since you never got around to it.”

“Thanks.” Honestly, he hadn’t thought about calling to tell his parents about the move very often, but when he did, he had been feeling guilty about not having done it yet. So his “thanks” was a genuine one.

“And I told them that you’re now the Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director. How’s that going, by the way?”

“Moving right along. Hopefully we’ll get this town prepared before any snow falls.”

“Good.”

There was a pause for a long enough moment that Zane almost told his brother he needed to go, but then Wyatt said, “Mom and Dad said they’re really proud of you and your new job title.”

“Can we not do this?”

“What? I just said they’re proud of you. I thought you’d like to know, because I know how much that mattered to you.”

“It’s been a long time since it last mattered. I quit trying to get them to pay attention by excelling at things a long time ago, and my life is more peaceful for it. Don’t try to drag me back in.”

“You’ve always been smart for a little bro. I wish I had followed your lead and done something with my life, instead of vying for their attention by getting into trouble.” There was a good long pause before he added, “Maybe someday I’ll follow your lead and figure out how to quit trying to get their attention, too.”

That was the most real thing his brother had said to him for as long as he could remember, and he was stunned into speechlessness. Finally, he managed to say, “I’m sorry, Wyatt. Call me anytime, okay? No sense in us continuing to go through it all alone.”

“Will do.”

Zane clipped his phone back into its holder and made his way back into the gym. For years—since Wyatt was about thirteen—Zane had seen him as just another person in his family who didn’t care about him as much as they cared about going out and doing whatever they wanted to do. It hadn’t ever occurred to him that his brother might have been going through the same things he was. So much of his childhood was replaying in his mind, and he struggled to get his head back into the high school gym.

Alete walked to where he stood next to the small portable stage that had been set up at the north end and said, “You okay?”

Seeing her helped him to clear his mind and refocus on the event he was about to start.

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