My mom called me at 2 a.m. and said I could come to my brother’s fiancée’s family dinner only if I kept my mouth shut. She warned me her father was a decorated colonel. Bu

”

I paused with my hand on the door.

He stood beneath the chandelier, looking younger than thirty-one, his eyes red. “I don’t know how to fix this.”

“You start by not asking me to teach you how.”

He nodded. “Okay.”

“And Ethan?”

“Yeah?”

“Don’t marry Cassandra unless you’re ready to tell the truth when it costs you something.”

He looked back toward the dining continue reading …