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half-pint, she totally put her hands out for me,” Jason said as he continued to make goofy faces at the child.
    “I would totally kick you in the shin if you weren’t holding that baby. Don’t think for one minute your gigantor status would sway me otherwise.”
    Jason laughed and smiled at her. “It’s the only reason I felt safe taking her.”
    Her brother sidled up next to her. “Kind of funny seeing a big guy like that cooing to a baby. Always cracks me up.”
    “The bigger they are, the harder they fall,” she replied while continuing to watch Jason play with the baby. Then turning toward her brother, she said, “So how are you today? I know you have to know already.”

CHAPTER THREE
    ALLIE watched her brother’s jaw tighten as he tried to maintain a neutral face at her question. She was certain he knew about the new ring on Gillian’s finger. It took him a few moments to compose himself and answer her. “My wife is marrying another man and having his baby.” He paused as he looked over at her, before finishing, “How the hell do think that feels? Pretty sure it’s right up there with getting a vasectomy without anesthesia.”
    “Ouch. That’s a brutal description, but I’ll let you have it. For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.”
    “Nobody is as sorry as me, Al. But I know it’s my fault so I’ll take my blame and quietly stand back to watch her move on without me. What else can I do?” He shrugged his shoulders and slid his sunglasses on as he turned in the direction of the crowds of graduating students.
    Gillian stood with Madison, and they were taking pictures as Allie noticed her handsome nephew, looking a hell of a lot like she remembered her brother looking at his graduation, smile for his mom and sister before descending the stairs to the football field. Gillian was now making her way back over toward them and wiping the tears from her eyes as she did. When she strode up behind the two of them, Gillian wrapped an arm around the waist of both Allie and Logan as she let out a big sigh and said, “God, can you believe it, guys? Jonathan is graduating high school.”
    Allie turned and watched her brother smile down at his high school sweetheart and say, “Thank you for him.” It was a cute little thing the two of them always said to each other that always carried such meaning. It warmed Allie’s heart each and every time she heard it, even more so now since the two of them were no longer married.
    Gillian responded the way she always did, “My pleasure.”
    The moment could certainly pass for an intimate one, had they not been standing surrounded by many other people while the graduation got underway. Seeing her brother’s obvious adoration of Gillian bummed her out a little because, let’s face it, he was her brother, and she wanted him to be happy, but that ship had obviously sailed. After everything between Gillian and Logan went to shit, Allie had been furious with him and didn’t speak to him unless she absolutely had to for a few months. She’d even physically assaulted him a few times when Gillian had been hurt and emotions were running high, but she knew he accepted the fact that it was all his fault. At that point, all she could do was be his sister; he was taking care of the rest of the guilt just fine on his own.
    Allie didn’t want to interrupt the moment passing between her brother and Gillian—they had tons of history together, and she knew the fact that their oldest was graduating high school was a big deal for them—but she kind of wanted to snap her brother out of the dreamy state he appeared to be in. Gillian wasn’t his anymore, and he looked like he was momentarily forgetting that, so she spoke up. “Hey, before I forget, I need a ride to your place. I got kidnapped and tossed into a big truck while standing in the parking lot at my condo. Thank goodness for short skirts and the power of female persuasion, if you know what I mean, otherwise I would’ve missed