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He hadn’t, but I grasped onto that laly as he did "Of course I didn’t think you were"

In spite of that less than pro, we did sort of hit it off after that

"I like wouy," Dermot told me over dinner, maybe the fourth time we’d met to catch up "But if you can’t keep it in your pants, the least you can do is just stay single"

"Here, here," I said, toasting hi to the choir

"And seriously, he’s how old, and sorasp the concept of birth control?" He winced as he heard his oords "No offense to you"

I laughed "None taken I lad I exist, but I could’ve wished for a different father, say, one that was present"

"How’s Dahlia doing? And how’s her boy?"

I launched into a story about darling Jack

We always asked about the other siblings We kept track, though no one seee to meet up face to face besides he and I Dahlia had sos, a bitterness for the she’d wanted to have more of a relationship with our father He was the one to blame He was the culprit I could well understand a contes were no more to blame for his actions than ere Still, there was no talking her out of it

It was her loss Derhtful, sarcastic, and fun We’d decided early on that we’d gotten the sas before he worked up the nerve to ask about what happened to

"The relationship from hell," I answered

This one time he didn’t share the joke with me His face shut down, and for the first time I saw that my half-brother could be a bit scary "Some man did that to you?"

I shook my head vehemently "Bad joke Sorry No It’s a long story, but the short version is that this happened in a car accident"

He didn’t look convinced, but he did let e the subject It had to be easy to catch on that this wasn’t et that part you were auditioning for?" I asked hi next reed to do a project with our dad"

My eyebrows shot straight up He’d always been vehement about the fact that he didn’t want to ride his father’s coattails to success He’d never used his connections to get ahead in Hollywood Until now, that is

"Hey now, don’t judge me," he said with an irrepressible s"