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change anything so I can use it.” She sighed dreamily again, and even though I wanted to rip my brother’s head off, I was grateful for what he’d done for Bailey. “I’ve met your parents, too. They are with Ethan’s, uh, our firm.”
    “So when do you work at the firm?”
    “Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. In the holidays, I work five days a week. I earn my own money then and help Ethan out. When I get my degree, I want to take over from Ethan so he can have some time off. He needs a holiday. He needs to have fun. He needs to start living again,” she whispered.
    If I hadn’t been concentrating, I wouldn’t have heard the last bit. “Why don’t you think he lives?
    “Nope.” Her ‘p’ popped as she shook her head slightly. “He gave up everything for me. Ha, do you know he didn’t want to be an accountant? He was studying communications. He wanted to be a director or producer. He was pretty good too, from what I remember. I was only six so I don’t remember much, but I’ve seen the film he made, and I remember my parents bragging about him getting an internship at Movie World and that he never got anything lower than a credit.” Bailey became quiet and I waited, unsure if I should say anything or wait to see if she said anything else. “He gave that all up for me. It’s a hard business to break into, and the pay wouldn’t have been good until he moved way up.” I watched as her eyes closed. “I know he had a girlfriend, and a bunch of things lined up, but our parents died and he dropped everything, and I became his focus.” Her eyes opened and I wished I wasn’t driving so I could hold her.
    Reaching over, I squeezed her leg. “I bet he wouldn’t change anything he’s done for you. I know he loves you and would bring you the stars and moon if he could.” I knew right then I’d do the same.
    “I know. He is the best brother in the world. I couldn’t even wish for a better one. That’s why I will get my accounting degree and take over, and in my spare time, I’ll get my business degree. When I’m finished, he can go live his life. He can have the life he deserves.” He glanced over quickly to see her straighten. “I like that our firm is family owned. I enjoy numbers so I can do it.”
    Holy crap, my heart broke at the thought of all she was willing to sacrifice and all her brother already had. Bailey was amazing. She wasn’t like many teenagers, who thought solely of themselves or what they weren’t getting. Not once had she mentioned how much harder it was for her to do things or what it would mean to spend that much time in front of a computer with her eyes. The only time she’d even mentioned her vision problem was at breakfast, and even then, she didn’t say anything but got upset and embarrassed. I couldn’t be prouder to be blessed with this woman as my soul mate.
    “Sounds like you have your future planned. So you’re going to Griffith University. What are you going to do for accommodation, or are you going to train it from Brisbane each day?”
    “At the start of next year, Ethan and I are going to start looking at apartments. Jessica will stay with me, too.”
    We were getting close to our destination. It was all back country roads now.
    “You don’t want a house?” I was buying a house for us—she just didn’t know it yet. I had my realtor looking now for properties. I hoped by the time university started, Bailey would be with me. The next couple of days I was going to get Bailey to help me find the right house.
    “A house would be nice, but it would cost a lot more. I already cost Ethan a lot of money by choosing to live down here instead of training it every day from Brisbane. But enough about me, let’s talk about you. You told me at lunch Mason started a gym and I know Zeck has his own business, what about you? I know you own nightclubs. Is that all you have, the two clubs here on the Gold Coast?”
    I had a bunch of other businesses, like owning