“Timber Ridge, I think he said.”
“What’s that?”
“A hotel-lodge-type place near the top of the mountain, really pretty inside. And it’s right at the top of the mountain. Great view. Great skiing. Nice place.”
“Maybe you should go skiing. Maybe bump into Chris.”
“I doubt I’ll find him on the ski slopes.”
“You’ll find him somewhere up there, right? He left his number?”
“He left his number.”
“You could use that number to meet up with him.”
“And do what? I tried what you said. Get over one guy by getting under another. I did that. I did it hard. It was awesome. And...it didn’t work.”
“Try again.”
“Kira.”
“I’m serious. You know the old saying—if at first you don’t succeed, fuck that guy again.”
“I don’t remember that old saying.”
“It’s before your time,” Kira said.
“Kira, I love you. I do. But I don’t think playing around with Chris’s feelings is a good way to help me take care of mine. It’s not really fair to him.”
“Did you ask him?”
“What?”
“Did you ask him his opinion on this? Isn’t he older than you?”
“Yeah, he’s twenty-eight.”
“So he’s an adult.”
“Right.”
“Okay. Then text him. Ask if you can have lunch or dinner with him. Have lunch or dinner with him. Ask him if he’d mind being your bed buddy until you come back to work after the wedding. He might say yes. He might say no. But that’s his call, not yours.”
“You really—”
“Do you like him?” Kira asked, and for the first time in their entire conversation she sounded one hundred percent sincere. “Chris, that is. Do you like him?”
“I’ve always liked him. He used to protect Dillon. They were best friends in high school. Dillon got outed and Chris broke at least one nose trying to keep Dillon from getting jumped in the parking lot. Chris was a tough twerp back then. I was always scared he’d get hurt trying to keep Dillon from getting hurt. That’s a real friend who will break a nose for you.”
“I’d break a nose for you, JoJo.”
“I’d break a nose for you, too, KiKi.”
“Don’t call me that.”
“You called me JoJo.”
“Are you going to text Chris and at least talk to him about last night?”