My girlfriend has a crush on my
brother–in–law
Chapter 1
My little sister, Sarah, just got engaged, and I
posted a video on Facebook to congratulate
her.
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My best friend, Emily, who swears she’s never
getting married, saw it and immediately
messaged me:
“Is the guy a Dr. Peterson from the City General
Hospital?”
“Over six feet tall, like twenty–seven years old?”
“Doctor family for generations, gotta be worth
millions?”
I was about to ask how she knew so much.
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Her next message popped up:
“Ceremony’s not finished yet, right? You gotta mess this up!”
“Don’t let them get married! Get him for me!”
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I chuckled at Emily’s message and typed back:
“Don’t be ridiculous, it’s my sister’s big day.”
The second I hit send, my phone rang. It was Emily, her voice all high–strung.
I answered, and she practically shouted, “I’m
not kidding! I’m serious!”
“Hurry, tell me the address! I’m coming over
right now!”
“You, you go up there and stop them! Don’t let
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I was stunned, the smile freezing on my face.
“Are… are you serious?”
Emily’s three years older than me, thirty–four.
She’s always called herself a commitment-
phobe, said she’d never get married or have
kids.
At first, I figured she was just saying it. But
then I got married, she stayed single. I had a
kid, she stayed single. My kid was practically
running laps, and she was still single.
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That’s when I realized she really meant it. She
was rock–solid about it.
But now…
Someone who’s been so dead–set for so long
suddenly wants to steal my sister’s fiancé? I
couldn’t wrap my head around it, and honestly, I
didn’t want to
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I was praying she’d burst out laughing any
second and say, “You’re so gullible, you
believed that!”
But it didn’t happen. Her voice, cranked up a
few octaves, came at me, a mile a minute.
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“Of course I’m serious! I’ve had my eye on him
for weeks!”
“I went to the ER a couple weeks ago, and he
was my doctor.”
“A ‘celebrity‘ doctor, good family, and not bad-
looking. He’s my type.”
“After the appointment, I gave him my number.”
“I told him to add me, give him a chance to ask
me out.”
Emily paused, and I could hear the frustration in
her voice.
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“The jerk never even added me!”
“And not only didn’t he add me, but he was
secretly getting engaged to your sister!”
She sounded close to hyperventilating.
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“You have to stop them! Don’t let them finish
the ceremony!”
“That man is mine!”
Emily hadn’t mentioned any of this to me.
But from the sound of it, she barely knew him!
They were just strangers in the ER!
My brain felt like mush, and I instinctively tried
to reason with her.
“He and Sarah have been dating for over two
years, they’re really solid.”
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“He’s not going to add you, and this
engagement can’t be stopped, you need to
chill…”
She cut me off before I could finish.
“Solid my ass!”
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“Your sister’s just a kid, she’s not half as good
as me. She doesn’t deserve Dr. Peterson!”
“He was only with her for two years because he
hadn’t met me yet!”
“She wants to get married, wants to keep
leading him on, she’s got another thing coming!
I won’t allow it!”
“Don’t give me any crap, just text me the
address! I’m getting a ride right now!”
What a joke!
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She thought he was her “type,” but did he even
like her?
He didn’t even add her on social media, they
aren’t even friends.
She was getting ahead of herself.
My tone turned icy.
“Sarah isn’t as bad as you say! She and my
future brother–in–law are perfect for each
other!”
“I’m not giving you the address. Stay away!”
I was about to hang up, but she screamed.
“Rachel, don’t you dare!”
“I’m telling you, this is about the rest of my
life!”
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“If you stop me, ruin my chance at love, I’m
going to make you pay!
“Just send me the address! Don’t make me yell!”
Seriously!
It was about her finding him attractive, not the other way around.
She didn’t even have his phone number, they
weren’t even acquaintances.
It was never going to happen.
I didn’t want to listen to her nonsense anymore,
I hung up and hoped she calmed down.
