Long Way Down (Calloway Sisters, #4)

by Krista Ritchie

He says, “Do you remember when Penn and Princeton faced Harvard at the Quiz Bowl Quarter-Finals, and we were both certain that George Lansidle was cheating?” She nods. “It was my first year in college, and I despised you.” “And you spent two hours in the convention’s banquet hall with me.” “To figure out how to expose George’s treachery.” Fire flames her yellow-green eyes. His grin starts rising. “We were used to competing against one another, but this time we willingly worked together. Do you remember?” She nods again, her gaze softening, and his hand slides into hers. “I’ve loved you, always,” he says. “I was just too blind to see how much and for how long. There’s a nineteen-year-old boy, handing you his blazer in a bathroom, and if he could, he’d tell you this. All over again.” A tear rolls down Rose’s cheek. He kisses her forehead and then says, “Ensemble.” Together. “Ensemble,” she whispers.