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“Oh no. He’s heard me give myself a pep talk saying not to talk about dicks. You’re fine.”
“That actually makes me feel better.” She gave me a small smile. “By the way, what’s up withyounot feeling good?”
“It was just the stress of the day.”
“But you look off.”
“I’mfine,”I said. “It got better when I had some quiet time.”
Or it was starting to.
“Okay,” she said. “But if you get a migraine ...”
“I’m okay,” I replied. “Don’t worry about it.”
“What’s Levi said about it?”
“Oh, um ... He doesn’t know.”
“What? He’s yourhusband.”
“I thought you were worried about the kind of guy he was.”
“And then I talked to him in the car. He cares about you, Amy. Like, a lot. And he would be here for you if you let him.”
I wanted to tell her that there was no way he cared that much since this was fake, but I couldn’t.
“I’ll tell him soon. It’s been hard when he’salsotrying to solve everything. I need to fix that first, then I can tell him.”
“And if this headache turns into a migraine?”
“The headache’s gone. Besides, I have other things to worry about. Like my sister not accepting my help.”
“I stand by what I said.” She pointed at me. “You’re not giving up your car for me.”
“We’ll talk about that later.”
“Seriously, there’s nothing you can do to make me take it.”
“Seems like my headache never left at all, then.” I gave her a pointed look.
“Always happy to help,” she replied as she stuck out her tongue at me.
She would always try to out-stubborn me. It had been like this for her whole life.
But I’d figure her out and get her to accept my help. I always did.
Chapter Eighteen
My headache stayed away,even when Emma nearly dropped the platter of burgers while walking back into the house.
Despite the mishaps along the way, everything tasted delicious and I was in a good mood by the time we cleaned up.
And then Emma brought out Uno.
“You do realize this is a dangerous game, right?”
“It’s not as bad as Monopoly,” Levi said. “Trust me, you don’t wanna play Monopoly with my family.”