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SAVANNAH
JUNE 19, 2021
“Wait, what?” I demanded of my brother over the phone.
“Cole proposed to Lila.”
He’d called me while I was getting ready for Josie’s party to discuss our upcoming sailing trip. I’d been expecting that we’d divvy up who was bringing what … not this.
“Why are you telling me this? Does Ash know? We’re all going out tonight, Derek! I don’t keep secrets from him.”
Over the last six months, things had changed with me and Ash. We weren’t dating. I’d deny it to my grave, and Josie had basically asked me enough to make me feel like I might have to defend it that far. But we’d started to hang out all the time. We did lunch at least once a week. We went to the beach sometimes. We started going out with mutual friends. We’d gone to a party at the start of the summer, w
