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"Hey, uh …" I began "I’ else quick"

"Why?"

"Falyn’sback with the kids"

Tyler’smy arm with the side of his fist "Are you serious, brother? That’s aweso s I told her to take the house"

"Oh"

"So I’m on the hunt for an apartood of news as I thought"

"Me neither"

Tyler put his hand on my shoulder "You want to stay with Ellie and uys love each other You’ll work it out"

I looked down, chills running over my entire body "If she loves ave Tyler pause, and he squeezed his fingers into my skin "We’re crazy as fuck It takes balls for those wo sorow into the person they deserve"

My chest concaved, and I puffed out a breath as if Tyler had just punchedonback," I said "I want to try to have a few good conversations with her before the ant prick"

"He can’t steal your wife, Taylor She doesn’t want him"

I made a face "She doesn’t want me, either"

"That’s bullshit, and you know it We’ve all reevaluated at so tired of our crap We straightened up, and it’s all good You were just a day too late"

"So quarters

We stopped just short of the closest row of recliners Every seat was taken by the guys fro for the alaret a taste of the adrenaline and power that ca unstoppable and inhulanced at me and nodded toward the crew I clenchedof letting my firehouse fanition in his eyes "Baloney I don’t believe it"

"I--" Before I could finish, the alar We waited for the dispatcher, Sonja, to tell us the location and nature of the fire ere about to be called to

"Box alarm at the Hickory Warehouse, 200 North Lincoln Avenue Possible occupants"

"Inside?" I asked "It’s been vacant for years"

"Fuckity," Jubal said "No, it’s not The Hickory fao It’s full of their inventory"