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been dating Allie a matter
of months, and if he was asking any other woman, there’s no way I’d sit by
silently and let him do it so quickly. If he were dating any other
woman.
    “Hell, Logan. Allie will return that and
make you buy something more practical,” I tell him, laughing. It’s the truth. Allie
isn’t the type to be impressed by lavish diamonds. She’ll see that ring and
calculate how much dog food she could buy with it for the dog rescue organization
she runs. Her practicality is one of the things I like about her.
    One of the many things I like
about her.
    “You think? I thought I should go big, or
go home. You know the deal.”
    I shrug. “Well, she loves you, if that’s
any merit. Think she’ll say yes?”
    “Pretty certain. Thought I’d ask her on Sunday.
Dylan’s flying in Thursday to check out a couple locations for another one of
his gyms. So the whole family will be at Mom and Dad’s for dinner.”
    I steeple my fingers and lay a firm gaze
on my brother. “Wait a minute. You’re going to ask her to marry you at a Sunday
dinner? With your family ? Are you out of your mind?”
    “You have a better idea?”
    I lean back. “ Anyone would have a
better idea than that. It should be something romantic. Just the two of you. Take
her to the BVI this weekend. Propose just as the sun sets over the Caribbean.”
    “I don’t think she has her passport.”
    I roll my eyes. “Then take her to St.
John. Or St. Croix. You don’t need a passport for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Hell,
a trip to Florida would be better than asking her at a family dinner. Mom’s
making meatloaf, for God’s sake.”
    “I thought it would be nice. Family is
important to Allie.”
    My lungs fill in a sigh. “Allie’s going
to look back on this moment for the rest of her life. This is a story she’ll be
telling her children and grandchildren. You don’t get a second shot at this. Make
it memorable for her. Make it romantic. She deserves it.” My throat knots
slightly at my words. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit I am jealous of the love I
see between Logan and Allie. It’s something I never had with my ex-wife, even
when we were first married. I might have thought I had it briefly, before I
realized her eyes lit up more when she saw the numbers on our joint bank
account than when she looked at me.
    I jot down the names of a couple resorts where
I had taken Adriana when we were married. “Here. Try these for starters. But
for God’s sake, make sure she gets her passport soon. The world is a big place.”
    “She won’t want to leave the dogs.”
    “Mom will take the dogs. She lives to
help. You know the deal. And if she can’t, I can, so long as Allie’s latest
fosters are kid-friendly.”
     Logan stares at the piece of paper
I just handed him and gives a slight nod. “So what about you, Ryan?”
    “What about me?”
    “I mean, jump in. The water’s warm.”
    I hate it when people talk in metaphors. It’s
something they only do when they’re eating chocolate, watching a sunset, or
madly in love and it grates on my nerves. “Get off my case, Logan.”
    He raises his hands in mock surrender.
“Hey, I’m just saying I seem to remember you mentioning that you needed a wife
around to help out with Hannah.”
    “And you told me that what I needed was a
nanny. I won’t say this often, but you were right.”
    “You haven’t had a date since Hannah
moved in.”
    His tone is accusatory. I think I liked
the metaphors more.
    “No, I haven’t,” I reply sharply. “I
don’t have the time. You’ve picked up maybe twenty-five percent of my load here
at JLS, but I still am running this company. And getting her settled into
school has been a little harder than I thought it would be.” To say the
least.
    “I’m just saying that Allie’s not the
only single woman in Newton’s Creek.”
    “Yeah, I think there are nine or ten more,”
I grunt. It’s not even an exaggeration.
    My mind drifts to the woman in