“I still watch the video from time to time,” Nadine admits.
“I can’t believe you filmed it,” Alice states.
“Are you kidding me? That night went down in history as TNTBGWW.”
“What?” my sisters and I ask in unison.
“The Night the Bennett Girls Went Wild,” Nadine says, clearly on the verge of bursting into laughter.
So yeah, my sisters and I might have gotten a bit carried away at Ava’s bachelorette party, and we somehow ended up dancing on the bar. And Nadine filmed us. We did a dubious impression of the French cancan. We made total asses of ourselves, but it was fun.
“What do you think the guys did at the bachelor party?” I ask, genuinely curious. “I tried to get it out of Blake, but the bastard won’t say anything.”
“They went to Vegas,” Ava says. “I’m not sure we want to know.”
“Oh, I already know,” Summer says. “But I’m not saying anything.”
We all turn to her.
“Why do you always keep the boys’ secrets?” I inquire.
“Cause otherwise they won’t tell me all of them,” Summer replies smugly, shooting me a significant look. Okay, so yeah, my Keeper of Secrets title isn’t exactly warranted. I’m much better at spilling secrets. But Summer, my baby sister, has all the boys wrapped around her little finger. Once upon a time, Alice was the boys’ girl. She was a tomboy through and through, especially in her teenage years. I suspect this also has to do with the fact she was crushing on Sebastian’s friend and was using her tomboy status to hang out with them. “My lips are sealed.”
“Fine,” Alice says with a faux I-give-up air. If there’s one thing Alice doesn’t do, it’s giving up. She will wriggle the details out of Summer eventually, one way or the other.
“Can I bribe you with a dress, Summer? Custom-made for you?” Nadine asks, batting her eyelashes at my sister. Summer has a weakness for beautiful dresses, and Nadine’s designs are nothing short of superb.
For a split second, Summer hesitates, but then she firmly shakes her head. “Nope. Besides, you have enough work as it is.”
“That’s true,” Nadine replies, massaging her neck. “Logan and I will go on a vacation next month. Can’t wait. An entire week of nothing but good food and excellent sex.”
I hold up my hand, shaking my head. “Stop. I don’t want to hear about my brother’s skills in bed. I will never be able to unhear that kind of conversation.”
“I think you’ve been around Julie too much,” Nadine says. “You’re used to censored talk. You need some more dirty talk.”
“Yeah,” Ava agrees. “Come over to the dark side.”
Alice is the only one who doesn’t join the conversation. At first, I think it’s because she’s on my side, but then I see her smile.
“Oh, Pippa’s been getting plenty of dirty action,” Alice says. “Why don’t you share some dirty details, big sister?”
“Wonderful idea,” Nadine adds.
Oh, no. There’s no way I can get out of this.
“What do you want to know?” I ask.
“Everything,” Ava says, at the same time Alice asks, “Do you love him?”
Ava elbows Alice while Nadine drums her fingers on the table, slicing a threatening glance at my sister.
“You had to jump right to that, didn’t you?” Nadine asks. “That wasn’t the plan.”
A knot forms in my throat. “You had a plan?”
“Well,” Alice begins. “We were supposed to first make you tell us what you like in bed, then in general about him. The last step was to make you admit that you love him.”
I decide to put the girls out of their misery. “I do love him, but that doesn’t change things. He has his life in Boston, and I respect that.”