Winner by Declan Rhodes

Author:Declan Rhodes [Rhodes, Declan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

My cell phone rang before I got the chance to make a call. It was my oldest brother, Mason. I heard music in the background while Mason raised his voice to make sure that I could hear him.

“Hey, little brother. I hear you’re in L.A.! At least now you’re only a couple of hundred miles away.”

“Mason, what’s the music in the background? Are you up there at a concert in the mountains?”

He laughed. “Oh, no, I’m not. Can I share a secret with you? I mean, of course, I can, you’re my brother. I just don’t want this coming out as public knowledge, at least not yet.”

“Let me guess. Kyle joined a band. He’s not satisfied with the success of his previous ski career, and now he wants to be a rock star.”

Mason laughed again. “No, we’re rehearsing wedding bands. This one’s pretty good. They play 90s rock songs as well as all the regular wedding stuff. Listening to these songs makes me feel like a little kid again.”

I decided to tease out more story details from Mason. “So, who’s getting married? I didn’t receive an invitation.”

Mason whispered into the phone, “Most of all don’t tell anybody I told you. If you have to leak the information, feign innocence about where you heard it. I don’t want Kyle or Tate coming after me in my sleep.”

“Okay, enough about how your life is in danger from the blood lust of your husband and our brother. Who would I tell in Dallas anyway?”

“I guess that’s a good point. Well, Kyle and I are getting married. That part isn’t a surprise. We got engaged quite a while ago, but what’s new is that we’ve set a date for the wedding. We’re getting married here in the mountains in the fall. Are you ready for the biggest news about the plans?”

I said, “You’ve got me on pins and needles, Mason.”

“Tate and Simon are getting married at the same time! It’s a double wedding! Isn’t that the best? It’s all so fucking romantic.” I heard a sniff. “Damn, it makes me get all emotional when I think about it. Fuck, Jamie, I don’t ever cry.”

It was the same old Mason. His language landed in the toilet when he got excited. He spent the next twenty minutes telling me all the details about how he worked the deal out with Tate. First, they’d decided to get married a month apart, and then Mason complained because his wedding would be second after Tate’s.

I said, “You know that you can’t let that happen. You have to be first.”

My tease went right over his head. Mason said, “Oh yeah,” and happily launched into the next subtopic.

After the call ended, I punched in the number for Mom and Dad. She answered, and it sounded like she was in tears. Scrunching up my nose, I asked, “Are you okay?”

“Yes, but we’re watching one of my favorite romantic movies. It gets sad in the end. I finally convinced your father to sit down and watch it with me.

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