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"Not sure," I said, findingto do with their will"

He nodded and pushed away his own plate Itsince I kneere both hungry e’d sat down

I’d yet to settle all ht up too many painful memories I’d done the bare minimum, the funeral was planned, and with the help of Brian’s rew up in Thein a storage unit in my hometown All the rest, pension plan, retirement accounts, and insurance policies re with it all would be too final, and I just wasn’t ready to go there I especially didn’t like this envelope with its shiny gold eIt was childish, but maybe if I just refused to open the envelope, I could pretend that none of this was happening

For all s better in this world, I still had to face that there was a bitter force drivinginto Knox’s ar lier than my own past It was si to open it, are you?" Brian asked, pulling hts

He knewon it, no" I pushed the offending paper away, knowing it was pointless I’d likely find it on lanced down at his plate, picking at the remnants of his sandwich

"Sure"

"Have you and Knox…" His forehead creased "Are you still…"

"Brian, that’s none of your business"

"You are," he said, his voice certain

I wanted to yell at hiin in the first place, but faced with the aardness of the conversation, I chickened out Closing my eyes, I drew a deep breath

"Wow I’hts you’ve spent there?"

I releasedthis, but Knox really is a good guy He would never do so I wasn’t ready for And he’s been in recovery, so sex really wasn’t on the table for either of us"

"But it is now?" His eyebrow quirked up "And you’re right, I do have a hard ti that"

A heavy silence fell over us and I considered ripping open the envelope just for so to distracthis elbows on the table "So if you haven’t fully given yourself to hi a deep breath "Do you think there’d ever be a chance for us?"