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dinner. Oh, I guess they didn’t tell you the plan has changed.”
    “No, I guess not. What’s the plan?”
    “Your sister made dinner and we’re eating here. I think a few more people are coming over, too.”
    “Dawn made dinner, huh,” I said cautiously. “That could be trouble.”
    “No, she said it was all taken care of,” he said with a shrug. “Whatever that means.”
    “It means she probably had my mom put something together and Dawn just brought it over.”
    He laughed. “Actually she was in the kitchen preparing it earlier .”
    “Hmm, it must be enchiladas then. I thought that’s what I smelled… ”
    “Yep, that’s what it appeared to be. Why, is that the only thing she knows how to make?”
    “Pretty much. A nd spaghetti. But actually she’s been learning to cook more. One of the many things she does for Wyatt’s benefit. Whether he cares or not,” I added with a shrug.
    “Hmm, what do you mean?”
    He led me to the edge of the bed and we sat down. Gage and I occasionally joked about Dawn and Wyatt (like normally I would have mentioned that they were sucking each others faces off when I arrived), but I usually didn’t bring up any personal opinions about Dawn and my disapproval of Wyatt. It’s not that I didn’t like Wyat t; there were just things about their relationship that bugged me.
    “You don’t think Wyatt cares about Dawn?” Gage asked me. “I hope you don’t think that; he talks about her all the time .”
    “Does he?”
    “Yeah, he does.”
    “Like things about her, or just things that are everyday occurrences like ‘Dawn came over’ or ‘Dawn brought me donuts at work ’?”
    “Mm, I don’t know. I guess stuff like that. But I’ve heard him say stuff like how sweet she is or how good her massages are. Must run in the family,” he smiled.
    I returned the smile, but I was concerned for my sister. Wyatt may think she’s sweet for doing things for him all the time, but it was one thing to enjoy what a person does for you, and it was another to enjoy who they were as a person. I guess what it came down to for me was that I didn’t believe Wyatt reciprocated what my sister did for him.
    “You seem really worried,” Gage noticed. “What’s the matter? They’ve been together for a couple of years, right?”
    “Yeah.”
    “So what’s got you worried?”
    I sighed. “Gage, I don’t know what I can tell you and what I can’t. It’s my sister’s personal life, and I don’t want anything to get back to her that might upset her.”
    “You mean you’re afraid I’ll say something to Wyatt?”
    I was hesitant to answer, but he knew what it meant.
    “I understand, Ellie. But I won’t say anything to him if you don’t want me to. I can keep it to myself if you just want someone to talk to.”
    That was what I wanted to hear because I really did want someone to talk to about it . My mom and dad knew my concerns for Dawn, but they always told me that it was sweet for me to be concerned for my sister, but Wyatt was Dawn’s true love, and there wasn’t anything I could say or do to change that.
    “Dawn has always been…kind of a hopeless romantic,” I began. “She just looks at Wyatt like he’s the best thing that’s ever happened to her, and it really bothers me.”
    “Because you don’t think Wyatt’s that great of a guy?”
    “Gage, I know he’s your cousin and—”
    “That doesn’t even matter, Ellie. He’s your sister’s boyfriend right now. My personal opinion on the guy can be neutral.”
    He seemed sincere about that, so I nodded. “Okay. It’s just that I think he takes my sister for granted. She does so much for him and I can hardly tell what he even does for her .”
    “Doesn’t Dawn rave about anything he’s said or done?”
    I slowly shrugged. “Yeah, I guess so. But she gets excited about almost anything.”
    “So what she gets excited about just isn’t something that would be thrilling for you ? Doesn’t that just mean you