Wanting My Brother’s Best Friend by Roxy Reid

“She’s never going to forgive me, is she?
—text from Rhett Kingston to his best friend Caleb Hart after Caleb’s little sister Jasmine’s wedding
The white Manhattan bistro is filled with leafy green plants, giving the place a calming feel, and I only wince a little when I see the posted menu. I used to love restaurants like this. But I lost my job a month ago when the nonprofit legal defense firm I worked for shut its doors. I’ve applied to other things, but it’s hard to get excited about mediocre corporate jobs when you had work you were passionate about before.”