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“Love you, too”

As soon as she hung up, I stuffed my phone in o home to

Before Rose, I wouldn’t have thought twice about going home to enjoy a beer and so it for years, and I enjoyed the rare time to myself Now, the house just felt empty as fuck when I was there alone

“All good?” Grease asked as he ca

“Yeah, man,” I replied “Fine”

Grease nodded as he stopped next to his bike

“Your boys have been glarin’ atthe words

“My boys are young,” Grease said, pausing with his helmet in his hands “They’re just startin’ out with their woe where everythin’ is either black or white Haven’t had a chance to see all those shades of gray in between”

I nodded, thinking that over

“She’s not sayin’hter So whatever’s happenin’ with you two is none of my business”

“Thanks,” I replied

“Don’t thank me,” he said flatly “There comes a time I think it is my business, there’s not a place in this world you can hide from me”

I opened my mouth to speak, but he raised his hand to stop me

“Don’t want to know,” he said “I ain’t your confessor Man up and fix shit with oes on, the less neutral I’onna be”

I laughed to ed my helmet on Wasn’t sure how I’d fix shit with Rose when she was the one who’d ended things I wondered for a second if she was clai different, but immediately knew better Rose wasn’t the type to lie about shit just to gain so, so everyone just assumed that I’d fucked up somehow

I stewed the entire ride hoh my shower, and as Inew, I’d been doing it for weeks, but for once I didn’t try to think about so that lastplay on repeat in my mind