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He trails off thankfully because I really, really don’t want the details, and he doesn’t want to say it out loud “Then what happened?”
“We consummated, Matt I had sex with her But just moments after we started… I stopped it I pushed her off because I had a wave of guilt slap me hard I knew my friendship with you had already been ruined, but I couldn’t go through with it I just want you to knoill never be sorrier for anything I do the rest of my life than I am for what I did to you I never want to cause that type of pain to another person ”
He doesn’t say anything more, and he really doesn’t need to Cal stares atis… I always kneas remorseful I never doubted that before
Before, though… I just didn’t care
Tapping ive Cal a sardonic s lately What I’ve determined is that I’m not the man I have the potential to be… for myself, for Mac I need to be free from this ”
Cal just nods at
“I forgive you, Cal I forgive Marissa too, for that matter, but I’ll need to have that conversation with her later ” I stare at him with conviction, so he understands I o, and I want you to as well ”
He ss hard and says, “Thank you, Matt I don’t deserve it ”
“Sure you do,” I tell hiain… but you deserve forgiveness Besides, looks like you’re in Mac’s life and I intend to be back in her life, so you and I needed to make amends ”
He grins at ?”
“Yup And you can help me out Besides, you owe me ”
“That I do… what do you need?”
“I want to run an idea by you first, and then I want you to make a phone call for me ”
Cal is handling the favor I asked of hi outside of her office withto her entire conversation with hiher about the conversation I just had with hio at his office
I can only hear Mac’s end of the conversation, but I hear excitement, and joy, and wonder in her voice as Cal tells her about our o I can tell theoutside
of her office door, just as I asked him to, because she has a quick intake of breath and then says, “I’ll talk to you later, Cal ”
My heart is sla for her to open her office door In just moments, the course of my life will be determined
In just afor my reward
The door opens, and I’ll never get tired of looking at this wo She gestures ave him ”
“It needed to be done,” I respond as I watch her sit back down behind her desk