Total pages in book: 79
Estimated words: 77354 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 387(@200wpm)___ 309(@250wpm)___ 258(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 77354 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 387(@200wpm)___ 309(@250wpm)___ 258(@300wpm)
Before Leo and Efa can get into a real disagreement about Leo’s approach to dating or sex or women—which happens on a semi-regular basis—Worth appears. He’s followed by Fisher and Jack. They all hug Efa like she’s their sister, and then it’s business as usual. The TV’s on, but no one is paying it much attention.
“So apparently none of us are your best man, you’re making us fly three thousand miles across an ocean to watch you get married… Got any other news for us?” Leo asks.
“You’re not having a best man?” Worth asks.
“Nope. It’s stupid in my situation. It’s a small wedding and only the best men are invited.”
“Does anyone own a hotel in London?” Leo asks. “You must, Worth.”
“Nope. Mine’s in Boston.” He shakes his head, like he can’t believe his friends can’t remember where his hotel is.
“Shit, so not only are we flying three thousand miles, we have to stump up for a hotel when we get there.”
“Actually, no, you don’t,” Efa says. “My sister has paid for you all to stay at the place they’re going to be married next summer.”
“Did she?” I ask her. “You didn’t tell me that.”
Efa shrugs. “We’re all family now.”
It’s been a long time since I had a family other than my five best friends. It feels good to have someone in my life who’s going to be by my side forever. And although I don’t know her extended family well, it feels like a good fit—like in another lifetime, I might have been friends with Dax and Jacob and the rest of the brothers-in-law, along with Eira and Dylan.
Life’s so different than it was at the beginning of the summer. I’m a lucky bastard. Being with Efa has changed my life in ways I couldn’t have even fathomed before she came along. I’m no longer in hiding, and being in the open isn’t scary even if I come across a couple of paparazzi every now and then. In Efa, I’ve found love and friendship and laughter and, most importantly, freedom.
I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to make her feel as good as I do when we’re together.