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Which didn’t feel right to Josiah Yes, Tristan loved him, but Tristan kne to separate his emotions better than anyone Josiah knew Exactly the reason you know there’sright noould assuer--"

"Mateo His name is Mateo"

"Mateo," Ben added "I’m sure it has to do with hi their options But they have nothing on you This isn’t going anywhere But Christ If it does, I’ll be out there For hiht for you or Mateo with all that I auess we’re lucky I kept my license up in California all these years"

"Why did you?" As soon as Josiah asked, he knew, and dah-profile clients, Josiah People with a lot of money and some of them are businessmen back and forth between California and New York I’ve been there on business many tih I as to count For hih I’ to venture that you know more of why than I do"

Because if Tristan ever wanted him, Ben would uproot his life for Tristan

"I’ it "I kno it feels not to have the one you love" He felt like that for years when he lost Teo

"Just love hiuy both If he chooses you, I want hi up the phone, Josiah cried They hadn’t been loving each other well, not for a while now First Tristan and Mateo were pulling away, and now Josiah He hid a phone log full of silent calls, scared of what they could ht no scared he was every single daybut they didn’t talk to him, either It was so hard to be the only one who believed everything would be okay

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

Tristan

One, two, three, four, five

Tristan counted his pulse on the drive home

One, two, three, four, five

As he parked his car

One, two, three, four, five