Swoon

by Lauren Rowe

The problem is that she doesn’t really know me. She thinks she does. Whew! You should have heard the way she chewed my ass the other night. But the thing she doesn’t realize is how weirdly nice and generous I always feel compelled to be around her. For instance, the other day, I heard her say, once, that lilies are her favorite flower. Once. And not even to me. So, what’d I immediately run out and do? Buy her some fucking lilies! Who does that?” Colby, the eldest Morgan brother, laughs. “A man in love does that, dumbass.” Josh, Kat’s husband, chimes in. “I’m not trying to push you into anything, either, Colin. But I feel like I should mention the right woman will bring out the best in you. If a woman doesn’t do that, she’s not The One.” “Amen,” Ryan says, and Colby quickly agrees. Dax pipes in. “You haven’t noticed how Violet makes me a better man?” “Mad Dog has certainly done that for me,” Keane says. “To put it mildly,” Colby mutters, and everyone on the call, except for me, chuckles.

Everyone telling him he's a dumbass...