Lawyering Up
“The guys exchanged a worried glance.
Rudy sat beside her and lifted her chin so she had to look at him. “You okay, sweetheart?”
“Yeah, sure. I’m just…” Just what? Scared? Intimidated by what they were about to do.
What we’ve already started.
Pete smoothed her hair back from her face. “I meant what I said. If you want to quit this now, that’s okay. Not that we won’t be disappointed, but we’ll understand.”
“Of course,” Rudy added. “No pressure.”
God, they were so sweet. She loved them both dearly.... “I guess I’m still afraid everything will change after this.”
Pete chuckled. “Oh, it’ll all change all right. We’ll be way more than we ever were before. A lot closer.”
Rudy nodded his agreement. “You know we’d never hurt you, Em. We love you.”
Tears came out of nowhere.
Rudy pulled her into his arms. “What is it?”
“I have no idea,” she whispered against his shoulder. “I really do want this.”
Then Pete was there too, rubbing her back, soothing whatever was bothering her.MoreLess
Rudy sat beside her and lifted her chin so she had to look at him. “You okay, sweetheart?”
“Yeah, sure. I’m just…” Just what? Scared? Intimidated by what they were about to do.
What we’ve already started.
Pete smoothed her hair back from her face. “I meant what I said. If you want to quit this now, that’s okay. Not that we won’t be disappointed, but we’ll understand.”
“Of course,” Rudy added. “No pressure.”
God, they were so sweet. She loved them both dearly.... “I guess I’m still afraid everything will change after this.”
Pete chuckled. “Oh, it’ll all change all right. We’ll be way more than we ever were before. A lot closer.”
Rudy nodded his agreement. “You know we’d never hurt you, Em. We love you.”
Tears came out of nowhere.
Rudy pulled her into his arms. “What is it?”
“I have no idea,” she whispered against his shoulder. “I really do want this.”
Then Pete was there too, rubbing her back, soothing whatever was bothering her.MoreLess
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