Chapter 137

I poured three glasses of wine. Juliet held hers up to me, and we enjoyed the long, melodic clink of fine crystal that seemed out of place in an Airstream.

"Cheers," I said.

"I am really excited to share this with you," Juliet said. "Like, really excited."

"I’ll be honest," I said, my eyes never leaving hers. "I’m really honored you both included me."

"Melanie thinks the world of you," Juliet said.

"I’m right here, babe!" Melanie shouted.

Spirits were high. And we were about to be, too, because Melanie stood up and showed off the joint she had rolled. Bob Marley would have been envious.

"That is so beautiful," Juliet said, suggestively running a finger up and down the length of it. "Almost as beautiful as you."

They kissed, and it hit me for the first time the depth and intensity of their connection. It was so obviously powerful and open, an easy