Piece of My Heart by Nicole Jacquelyn

Author:Nicole Jacquelyn
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Alex

Honey, I’m home,” I called as I pushed through my brother’s front door. He’d moved in with Ani when they got together, and since Ani loved sprucing up the old house, it was always a work in progress. As I looked around the space, I noticed that the baseboards along the wall were missing. She must’ve decided to replace them with something she liked more, but she hadn’t finished the job yet.

“Hey,” Bram said, coming around the corner, carrying Arie. “Watch where you step. We’ve been tearing out the baseboards, and Ani isn’t real good at keeping track of the nails.”

“That seems safe when you’ve got a baby crawling around,” I replied drily.

“We’ve got a gate set up,” he said, walking toward the living room. “She can’t get out of here.”

I followed him around the short wall and stepped over the gate, blinking as what little sunlight we had poured through the large windows at the front of their house.

“How’s it going?” I asked, dropping onto the couch as Bram sat Arie on the floor with some toys.

“I should be asking you that,” he said as he lay down on his side and propped himself on one elbow by his daughter. “So you’re getting married, huh?”

“That’s right.” I grinned. Someday, we’d have a house like this, and I’d be the one lying on the floor while my kid ignored me in favor of a multicolored lion with no legs.

“You sure about it?” he asked.

I jolted. “Of course I’m sure,” I replied, scoffing. “I wouldn’t have asked if I wasn’t sure.”

“Don’t be that guy,” Bram said, his voice low.

“Don’t be what guy?” Okay, I was surprised by his last question, but now I was getting kind of pissed at his insinuation.

“The guy who gets married on a whim and gets divorced just as fast,” Bram said.

“What makes you think I would be?” I sat forward on the couch. “Just because I didn’t have kids with her first—”

“Watch yourself,” he warned, glancing at Arie. He and Ani had been together before Arie had come along, but when Ani had decided to adopt her without Bram’s agreement, it had caused some major problems. Of course, once Bram met his daughter, all his doubts flew out the window. Since then, you had to pry him away from the two of them.

“I want to marry Sarai,” I said, staring at my brother. “I love her, and I want to marry her.”

“Where are you gonna live?” Bram asked, unswayed by my declaration. “You two planning on kids? How many?”

“We’ll figure it out,” I replied. We hadn’t discussed any of that yet. My apartment was nicer, but Sarai’s was bigger. I wasn’t sure which she would choose, but it was a nonissue for me. I didn’t care where we lived. I’d already mentioned kids and she hadn’t argued, so that discussion could come later, way later.

“Man, you have to know that shit,” Bram scolded.

“Like you and Ani knew any of that when you got together?” I said snidely.

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