“You should. It’s actually a lot of fun,” Alex encourages. “Riley giggles the whole time when I take him in there.”
“Maybe.” Emily smiles.
“You two are too cute.” River looks at Emily, then back at me. Emily blushes but hides it behind her burger. “And good to have around. Someone needs to keep Evan on his toes,” she teases.
John sits on the other side of Emily, and Kiera joins us too. Jackson is too busy giving Courtney a hard time, but she secretly likes it. Those two are always giving each other s**t; they’ve picked on each other since we were kids.
I place my hand on Emily’s back and listen to her and John talk about Houston and how she liked growing up there. It’s the most words I’ve heard him say to someone he doesn’t really know in a long time. Though I really shouldn’t be that
