8
Savannah
Present
“You’re doing what?” Josie asked on the Bluetooth in my car as I drove to the Savannah Yacht Club.
“You heard me.”
“But why, Mars?”
“You didn’t see him, Josie. He’s a wreck.”
“Well, yeah. You were there. You know what happened.”
“Yeah, and it’s kind of our fault.”
Josie snorted. “Don’t put that on us. They all made their own choices. Ash Talmadge was never good enough for Lila anyway.”
I didn’t know about that. She’d been happy with him. But all of that was over now. He didn’t deserve to be miserable.
“I’m still going.”
“Are you going to tell her?”
I shook my head. “No way. Lila doesn’t need to deal with his baggage. That’s why I am.”
“I swear you’re a saint, Marley.”
I laughed. “Not by half.”
“Speaking of people not good enough for my friends, are you go
