Chapter Twenty
Jacob
A few days later, I waited outside Aidan’s door. We were meeting Aidan and his wife, Becca, for dinner, and Ellie had arrived here ahead of me. I’d spent the afternoon with my parents. My mother was fine. Blessedly, the follow-up tests revealed a buildup of scar tissue, but no new signs of cancer. Between that and facing up to my feelings for Ellie, well, it had been an emotional few days. My years-long vow to never care too much for anyone had officially gone up in smoke.
Aidan and I already had words. Twice. The first time was when I called him with Ellie.
He kept himself in check then, if only because Ellie was right there and interrupted several times to take the phone from me and tell Aidan he had no say in her love life. The second time was the following day,
