Chapter 74

“Now we’re done eating. How about I get out all the stuff I have planned for your wedding, and we go through it? There’s a ton you still need to agree to and oversee. Arrick’s been great at responding… When you won’t!.. But I need your input.” Leila blinks at me across the dinner table as the twins high tail it after their father for the TV room, squealing like crazy because he promised them a transformers movie marathon and popcorn. Leila seems glad to have her two hurricanes leave her alone for a while and looks overwrought and a tad frazzled tonight.

I never doubted my sister loves her kids, but I don’t see them having anymore. Two boys with Leila’s spirit, and Daniel’s ADHD, is enough for any family to handle. Daniel seems content too, he loves his boys, and I think they have their happy number.

“How about not right now?” I try to avoid the topic, my heart sinking at the thought of a wedding, and I fish for my cell to text Christian back. We have been texting on and