Free Schroeder, Melissa - Getting Lei'd [Hawaiian Holidays 3] (Siren Publishing PolyAmour) by Melissa Schroeder

much time watching them argue.
    “What are you two talking about?”
    They looked at her at the same time. From their expressions, she realized her friends had forgotten she was there.
    “Uh, what we were trying to do was get you to stay here with us.”
    “Just move here, no job?”
    Sophia threw Eddie a threatening look and stepped forward. “We need someone to set up a good menu, handle box lunches for people. We have some good cooks, but we need someone who will handle the planning. You have a good head for that.”
    Move to Hawaii? No more beautiful falls? No more crazy DC traffic, snow and ice, no more family issues?
    “You would love it. And you know you could keep your apartment there, find something furnished here. Just to try it out,” Eddie said.
    It would be a change. That was for sure. She would never have to deal with the big jackets, and there was always a beach to go to. Not to mention there was a fair amount of great things to do, and no one here knew her. She wasn’t DC royalty there. She was just Maribelle Sawyer.
    “You can take time—”
    “No,” she said interrupting Sophia. “I think it would be a good idea.”
    Sophia looked stunned. Eddie looked triumphant.
    “Yes.”
    She grabbed Mari and gave her a big hug. “This will be fantastic. Gotta tell the guys. They will be thrilled.”
    She ran down the hallway, and Mari looked at Sophia. “Are you sure?”
    Mari nodded. “It’s a big change, I know. And I am not a person who does big changes. But I think this is right. It feels right.”
    The moment she said that, she realized how much that was true. The rightness of the decision settled in her chest. This is what she was supposed to do. She felt it in her bones. Her family would freak, and she was sure that soon she would, too. Still, she knew it was right.
    She smiled at Sophia. “This is right.”
    Sophia studied her for a second. The next moment, she laughed and pulled her into her arms.
    “Fantastic.”

    * * * *

    Mari frowned as her mother’s cell phone went straight to voice mail again. It had been like that for three days now. When she had told her mother she was thinking of moving to Hawaii, she had taken it rather well, but now Mari was wondering about her easy acceptance of the announcement.
    Millicent Sawyer did not handle change well. In fact, her parents still lived in the same Georgetown mansion, not because of their love of the house, although they did love it. No, it was because her mother would probably have a breakdown if her father even thought of moving.
    “Something wrong?” Eddie asked.
    “Mom’s phone is going straight to voice mail.”
    “She’s probably mad at you. You know your mother was never going to accept you moving here.”
    Mari shrugged. “I didn’t say for sure.”
    Eddie looked around her kitchen then grabbed Mari by the elbow and pulled her back into her bedroom. “You said you were going to come here and work with us. You were going to handle the food part of it. What is keeping you from being sure about it?”
    Her voice was soft and gentle, telling Mari that her best friend knew she was close to breaking down.
    “The guys.”
    Eddie nodded. “If I were you, I wouldn’t want to give them up either.”
    “But they have lives there. And there is no way I can have a relationship with them in DC. Can you imagine that?”
    “I can, but I know you can’t, sweetie. If they would move here with you, would you do it? Be with both of them?”
    She shook her head. “I can’t think that.” Tears burned the back of her eyes.
    Eddie rubbed her arm. “Why not?”
    “I’m afraid if I do, I’ll lose them. If I ask them to be mine…what would they do? There is a good chance they will just walk away. I mean, why would the two of them want me?”
    She hated the way her voice was whining, but she couldn’t seem to stop. Tears started to fall down her cheeks, and Eddie pulled her into a hug.
    “You’ll never know if you don’t ask