![]() ![]() “I love you too, wingman,” he said, and he kissed me. I squatted down and his wet hand grasped my shirt. He swam toward me, and I met him at the edge of the pool. “I need a drink,” his mother muttered, walking away. ![]() “I love you, crazy person! Now don’t do it! You’ll start your career in a full-leg cast! You’ll break your neck hitting the water too hard! You’ll drown! You’ll-”Īndy ran full tilt toward the edge of the roof, leaped into thin air, rolled into a ball, and landed in the pool with a huge splash.Įveryone on the sides of the pool got wet, including me and his mother.Īndy bobbed to the surface and wiped his face, grinning. ![]() “Tell me you love me!” he insisted, backing up and crouching down for a sprint. You won’t make it! Come on down, honey, please?” And it was his graduation party.ĭecision made, I put my palms up in alarm. Besides, he and I had jumped off that guesthouse roof into the pool about a hundred times in our youth when no one was home. He’d worked so hard through law school, and he hadn’t pulled a single stunt since that firecracker dare over two years ago. He’d freak out our parents, and all the guests, important guests. ![]()
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