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Mateo had been right Josiah was lost He only hoped he and Mateo were strong enough to find him

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

Mateo

Neither Teo nor Tristan slept They only had a couple hours before Tristan had to be up early for work, anyway Josiah had fallen sleep for a little while, but not long At least he wanted Mateo and Tristan to believe he’d slept Mateo wasn’t sure, and that fucking pissed him off Josiah always came to Mateo when he needed Teo

"I’ot out of bed

Josiah flinched, then clio with you" Teo stood and stretched Josiah was already shaking his head

"You have to " He didn’t look Mateo in the eyes as he spoke Josiah always looked at hilanced at Tristan and then back at Jay again "Wait for o with you" Josiah needed hi knew it, but there was more to it than that What he told Tristan could have been wrong The people he spoke to in New York could have been wrong TheWhat if Javier wasn’t there? Teo would fucking kill hia to risk Josiah He needed to be sure

"It’s okay I’ll be okay, Teo I know you have stuff to do" Josiah walked over to his dresser and opened the drawers

"Let hio with you, Josiah," Tristan told hiure so stupid thing for hi jail time didn’t make sense, but if that’s what Jay needed, he’d do it He’d be there for him "I don’t want you alone"

Josiah had his back to the weak "Maybe I need to be alone, Teo I just I can’t always depend on you and Tristan"

Because they’d let him down recently Dios, he and Tristan should have handled their shit better "The fuck you can’t," Mateo said at the same time as Tristan’s, "Josiah"

With that, their lover, the man who breathed life into both Mateo and Tristan, turned around He tried to smile but it didn’t reach his ears Josiah could always sht now I don’t" He shook his head "Yesterday you two couldn’t look at each other I had to leave because I didn’t knohat else to do And now I lost this Our place The drea to work through it I’ure out what to do I don’t even knoe were falling apart"

Mateo closed his eyes, dropped his head back How the fuck did they get here? Jay didn’t need space Tristan did at times Mateo ran Not Josiah Josiah was their constant

Mateo opened his eyes again when he heard Tristan speak "It was lanced Mateo’s way and caught his eye Mateo could see that Tristan wanted Mateo with Josiah as well He could also see the frantic worry in theThey needed hireehts"

"That was uys were" Josiah’s words trailed off, and then he took a deep breath "You can’t o to the Wharf afterward" He’d not only changed the subject, but the words were hollow, e out with hten the mood He walked over, wrapped his ar out with you" He wanted to dosince the three of theether

"I alant to be with you both Always have"

They were the perfect words, but soht

"Hey," Mateo told hiht? This shit with the fire They know it’s not you I won’t let anything happen to you"

"I know" Josiah pulled out of his hold, kissed his lips before pressing a quick kiss to Tristan’s "I’ll go to the hall shower so Tristan can use this one I’ll be ready in a few minutes"