Lynnia (36 page)

“Thank you so much, Dr. Dawnie for your brilliant assessment of your little sister. Anyone else want to get in on this while the good doctor is in.”

“Thank you and you’re welcome,” Nyema quickly replied before Lynnia could get another word out.

“I was so being sarcastic.”

“Oh, I know, Evie. I’ll take the compliment anyway. It doesn’t matter if it was coming from a snarky place.”

“You know, there’s a reason you’ve never really been my favorite sister.”

“Oh, but I love you dearly,
little sister
.”

Lynnia rolled her eyes as each of her older sisters laughed at the exchange between her and Nyema. Instead of responding, she dug into her own salad. Days like this she actually missed Chyra. Being the youngest sister at the table was not any fun. Damn Chyra for going and having a baby last week.

“Missing Quinnie, aren’t you?” Zoie asked her, effectively shutting down any thoughts she had about trying not to speak again until their weekly lunch was over.

“I thought Dawnie was the intuitive one. How did you know I was thinking about Chyra?”

Each of the sisters picked up their cell phones and showed the text that Nyema sent to them.

Betcha $20 that she’s wishing Quinnie was here right now.

“I think I officially hate every last one of you.”

“Ooh, Evie. Hate is such a harsh word, even if it is coming from you,” Nyema shook a little as she taunted Lynnia.

They all laughed and continued teasing each other for the rest of their lunch. It wasn’t until much later that evening that she realized she hadn’t been hounded about Dario. Actually, not one of her sisters had even brought up his name. That was downright strange. She mentally congratulated them for allowing her to work this out on her own. Lynnia should’ve known better than that. If nothing else, the Norton sisters were big on getting involved in each other’s lives. Not one of their love lives had escaped the meddling of a Norton. Why in the hell would Lynnia think hers would be any different?

Chapter 20