Chapter 59

But he didn’t. He just sighed and slumped in his chair. “You’re right, she didn’t. She yelled at me for canceling on her.”

I clenched my teeth around the words that were better left unsaid. It wouldn’t be good for our talk if I started out by telling him to break up with her. Instead, I took a sip of water and kept my mouth shut. I had lots of practice doing that, after all.

“I need to break up with her,” he said.

I almost choked on my water. What the Hotel-Echo-Lima-Lima? Did he read my mind now?

“I mean, she bitched when we met Becks for lunch. And now she yelled at me for wanting to spend time with my own brother? Nuh-uh. I don’t think so.”

“I’m sorry, Matt. I know you like her.” I meant it, even if I wasn’t particularly fond of her. Matt could be an airhead and blurt out things that I was sure sounded better in his head than out loud, but at his core, he was a loyal brother and friend. He would never accept someone who tried to get between him and his family.