Matt & Brooklyn: A Standalone in the "Again for the First Time" Family Saga (AFTFT Book 2)

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Book: Matt & Brooklyn: A Standalone in the "Again for the First Time" Family Saga (AFTFT Book 2) Read Online Free PDF
Author: Raven St. Pierre
I invited, leaving me to stand there, stunned.
    I couldn’t imagine being away from home for that long, away from my family for that long… but this opportunity was nearly impossible to pass up.
    I kind of wandered around my party in a daze after that.
    A whole year?
    In South Africa?
    My nieces and nephews would change so much by the time I made it back. What if someone got sick? What if there was a crisis and I’m thousands of miles away? Or what if they needed me here just because?
    And then there was Matt…
    I mean, sure, he no longer lived in the state and our time together was already limited, but that had mostly been by choice— my choice. Even with him gone, there was still comfort in knowing that he was just a short plane ride away if I just had to see him, or if he wanted to come into town just to visit. In Johannesburg, I’d be completely cut off from everyone.
    Isolated.
    My stomach turned.
    With my thoughts now scattered across two continents, time seemed to fly past in a blur. Even when Bean’s ex, Chris, showed up, I barely even noticed. He and Bean decided to try to work things out about six weeks ago. My other three sisters—and their supercharged opinions—convened in my parents’ kitchen to discuss their distaste for him and that conversation went in one ear and out the other as I debated internally about this whole teaching abroad thing. All I kept thinking was that I’d be gone, on unfamiliar soil, practically alone, for an entire year.
    Before I knew it, it was time for me to leave if I was going to make my flight on time. As I attempted to make my exit, there was of course a last-minute interrogation from all four of my sisters about my motives for visiting the West Coast. I assured them once again that my stay at Matt’s place would be nothing like they were thinking, but they still stuck with their original conclusion: there was more brewing beneath the surface of our relationship . I gave up trying to convince them otherwise.
    My goodbyes were quick and far less heartfelt than they should have been, but my mind was already in California. Thoughts of my time there managed to even overshadow the newly introduced Johannesburg situation.
    “Call me as soon as you land,” Lissy said when we hugged near my car. She’d followed me out while our family continued to mingle in the backyard like I suspected they would late into the evening—like always. That’s just how we do.
    “Will do,” I promised.
    Lissy nodded. “I almost forgot,” she mumbled to herself while fishing something out from the pocket of her jean shorts. Confused, my eyes followed her hands. When she pulled out our grandmother’s necklace, I smiled.
    “It’s just for luck,” she reasoned, although I knew better. She, and maybe the rest of my sisters, thought this necklace was somewhat of a love charm or something. While I understood how great things turned out for Lissy and Luke, I believed that had more to do with coincidence than luck, but I didn’t argue with her as she secured the piece around my neck, making me promise her that I wouldn’t take it off. When she was finished, she stared with a goofy grin on her face—one of many I’d received this afternoon.
    “What now?” I asked.
    A smile touched her mouth and she pushed her hair behind her ears. “Why won’t you just admit that you like him, Brook?” I rolled my eyes in between that statement and her next. “It’s obvious that you—”
    “The only thing that’s obvious is that you all need to get yourselves some business, so you can stay out of mine!” I cut in, laughing up into the air when I lifted my head, exasperated. “I promise you’re over analyzing this, which is why I was dreading having to tell any of you my plans,” I replied, taking a seat behind the steering wheel while she leaned her elbow on the open driver’s-side door. “Contrary to what you, Delia, Bean, and Aura think… it’s possible for a guy and a girl to just be
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