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I chewed my lower lip for a few moments, and then I picked up my phone and sent a text to my oldest friend, which said: Hey Beck Do you have time to talk?

He video calledface appeared on the screen His blue eyes sparkled, and his short, light brown hair was disheveled, as if he’d recently rolled out of bed “Happy New Year,” he said “I hear we ht”

“Everyone seeood time Are you and your husband still at your apartment?”

“We are, and we had a wonderful celebration for two last night” He tilted his head and asked, “Where are you right now? That doesn’t look like Seahorse Ranch in the background”

“I’m at Lorenzo’s former apartment in West Hollywood His friend is on vacation, and he’s letting us spend the night”

“I feel like I’ some key pieces of this story,” Beck said “What happened after Leonidas and I left for LA yesterday afternoon?”

“So ether, and to for a est movie role of my career”

Beck yelled, “Oh my God, Will!”

I told him about the job first, and he literally screamed with excitement Then I said, “The part about Lorenzo and me is a lot more complicated”

“Start at the beginning Not the part where you’ve had a crush on him forever, because I already know that”

“Well, it began with a New Year’s Eve kiss”

I told him what had happened over the last several hours, and then he said, “I’ you’ve been pining for Lorenzo Wasn’t it like you’d hoped it would be?”

“I just didn’t expect the emotional overload that hit me in the middle of it”

He asked, “Was this the first ti as a prostitute? If so, I could see why that ht happen”

“Yes, and it was also the first time I ever had sex with someone I actually care about”

“Really?”

“You know in until I moved to California, and then I was all about the random hookups Once I became a prostitute, I lost any desire to have sex for fun, and I sure as hell didn’t date”

He looked sympathetic “No wonder this threw you off”