“How did you get all that?”
“You get used to it.” She patted his hand. “You’ll get used to it, too.”
“I guess you haven’t heard.”
“I heard. Tucker’s back, and Blythe isn’t speaking to either of you.”
“What else have you heard?”
“That’s it, other than they’re keeping her overnight. I’ll go and see her in the morning.”
“Is that why you’re here instead of in Crested Butte?”
“Of course it is. She’s my best friend, Jace.”
He nodded.
“If it helps any, in the eighteen years Blythe and I have been friends, she’s sworn she’s never going to speak to me again at least once a year.”
“I doubt whatever she was mad at you for, is anywhere near as serious as this, though.”
“What Tucker did was serious, but nothing you did was. She’s strung out. She’ll listen to reason after she’s gotten some rest.”
“Will you help plead my case?”
“I heard Bree already did.”
“You haven’t missed much.”
“Best friend, remember?”
“You think she’ll realize she’s wrong about me?”
“I do.”
“Then there’s the issue of Tucker.” He shook his head. Much harder, but no less important. More important, in fact. “He’s her baby’s father.”
“There’s an easy solution.”
“Oh yeah? What is it?”
“It starts with you and Tucker telling her the truth about what happened on Thanksgiving. Both Thanksgivings. Tell her why Tucker left the way he did and what happened that makes him act the way he does.”
“He wants to tell her. In fact, I think he wanted to tell her before the accident. She told me they were on their way to ‘talk’ when it happened.”
“And for some reason, he decided to leave rather than talk to her after the accident.”
“He decided to leave because of the accident.”
“This is getting tiresome, Jace. The two of you need to let go of this secret. It’s ridiculous.”
Maybe Tucker could tell his part of the story, but Jace wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to talk about the role he played. Tucker didn’t even know Jace’s side of the story, and if he did, Tuck would never forgive him.
Renie walked over and rubbed his shoulders. “Jace, this isn’t like you. Whatever it is, get it out. Talk about it.”
“I wish I could.”
“We should go for a ride. It worked for me.”