Getting Lucky
“It’s Ember’s birthday today. I haven’t called her yet. I just remembered it was her birthday, actually.”
It took me a minute to remember his sister’s name was Ember. I didn’t have any siblings, and I didn’t know how it usually was between brothers and sisters, but I knew Ryan wasn’t that close to his. He never talked about her, and even back when we were growing up, we never spent much time with her.
I barely even remembered he had a sister, never mind what she looked like. If it was her birthday though, he should probably have called. “Go ahead. Give her a call now. I’ll get us another round.”