“The sweater’s not YoYo’s, exactly, it’s Ralphie’s,” I explained.
All eyes came to me.
“Don’t ask, it’s a long story,” I went on.
All lips formed grins.
“Everything all right?” Jules asked, her eyes on me, her arms holding her new son Max.
I surprised myself by saying, “No.”
Now why did I say that?
I didn’t share.
Ever!
“No?” Ally asked quietly.
“I got bad news yesterday,” I shared again.
Yes, shared.
Yes, again!
What was happening to me?
“Your Mom,” Indy said softly and I looked at her. “Lee told me.”
“Eddie told me,” Jet put in.
“Hank told me too,” Roxie added.
“You should know, they told the rest of us,” Ava finished.
I feared I was about to hyperventilate.
“You don’t have to talk about it,” Jules said immediately, watching me closely for a second, then her eyes sliced to Ally but it was Stella that spoke with her super cool, throaty, sexy voice (no kidding, Stella’s voice was aces).
“She doesn’t, Ally, so lay off.”
“I didn’t say anything,” Ally defended herself.
“We should let Sadie control what she wants to share,” Jules replied and I decided I liked Jules, loads.
“It just felt like I lost her all over again.”
That was me too!
It just came out.
I could no longer control my own mouth, I was blurting out private thoughts willy-nilly!
“That’s understandable,” Ava told me.
“She was trying to protect me,” I went on, still unable to stop myself and they all had their eyes on me.
Normally, I wouldn’t like that.