Every Day (Brush of Love 2)

all me for dinners any longer.”

“That’s probably why you haven’t heard from them then,” Anna said.

“Wait, you told them all that?” I asked.

“Not in so few words, but yes. They kept taking digs at the life I was leading and the life Drew was leading and the life you lead now, and I sort of ...”

“Snapped? Got triggered? Raged out and flipped a table?” Anna asked.

“Something like that,” Bryan said.

“Honestly? I’m not sure we are the best people to talk to. Neither of us is on speaking terms with our parents,” I said.

“Not even Anna?” he asked as he looked over at her.

“Not since quitting my perfect job and moving out here to San Diego, no,” Anna said.

“I have no idea how the hell parents can be the way they are sometimes,” Bryan said.

“If it’s any consolation, you get used to it,” I said.

The look on Bryan’s face as his eyes bounced between Anna and me made me sick.

“Does this mean I get a question in return?” Anna asked.

“Good. I’m finally glad you’re asking someone other than me,” I said.

“What does that mean?” Bryan asked.

“She wants to know how Drew’s doing,” I said, grinning.

“I mean, you tell me. He says he ran into you in the store a week or so ago,” Bryan said.

“Wait, he asked about me?” Anna asked.

“You so have a crush,” I said, smirking.

“I do not. I think he’s a good person. He’s the first decent man I’ve met in a while. All the men in Phoenix just want to grope you underneath the table at the first date,” Anna said.

“I don’t know. It’s what I did to Hailey,” Bryan said, grinning.

“No, you did not. You groped me after,” I said.

“Well, those are things I didn’t need to know. Thanks,” Anna said.

“You started the conversation,” I said.

“And we derailed it,” Bryan said, smiling.

I knew Anna liked Drew. I could see it in her eyes. She’d come home from the store ranting about how she saw him and how she gave him her number. But, he hadn’t called or contacted her yet. I told her it was probably because Bryan and I were still on bad terms, but now that we had patched things up, I knew Anna was waiting by the phone in case he called.

And still, he hadn’t called her yet.

“Here’s the thing about Drew,” Bryan said. “He always tries to seize the day. You know, like you and Hailey do. I’m the rigid one of this group who’s learned a thing or two from you guys.”

“Ah,” Anna said. “Gotcha.”

I saw that distant look in her eye, and I knew exactly what she was thinking. Bryan was trying to convey the fact that Drew would call once he finally felt compelled to call, but Anna took it as him being a player and hopping around from woman to woman. I watched as my sister got up off the box and walked outside to Bryan’s truck, and that’s when I decided to take matters into my own hands.