Ellie was insulted that her brothers had made plans and hadn't included her. More to the point, she was insulted that Oliver had made plans and hadn't included her. She chastised herself for feeling so vulnerable and needy on account of her little brother.
"You wanna come with?" Jack said.
"Well, I don't know. Clearly, you don't want me there."
"What are you talking about? We definitely want you with us." Jack gulped a third of his beer and smiled. "It's gonna be like old times."
"Are you speaking for the both of you?"
Ellie fixed Oliver with an unwavering stare, and Jack mirrored her a second later.
Oliver frowned in puzzlement. "Why wouldn't I want you to come?"
"I don't know," she muttered, looking down at the clear water, before her trepidatious blue eyes met his again. "Would y
