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“So you didn’t talk”

Tyler shakes his head “I’hosts in my head to shut the fuck up”

“But Sandy isn’t a ghost She’s a real person, and you’re probably going to need to have a conversation with her”

Tyler clears his throat, glancing up at h eyes that are pinched at the corners “There’s nothing that I can say that will fix things”

“Better leave them broken then,” I tell him It’s not that I believeanything if he doesn’t have the strength to tell

“If it was just h he’s searching for so in the dark

“If it was just you, what?”

“Then I’d leave it…but this is Sandy I fucked up once I can’t fuck up again, for her sake”

“Can I give you some advice?” Tyler nods, his face open and his expression desperate “Don’t do this tonight Discussions never go well at night Our minds can’t take the complex shit e’re tired Leave it until tomorrow”

“But she’s upset,” Tyler says

“I don’t think so She was more worried about you Andrew’s taken her back to your room”

I’irl, after all, so it’d be understandable if he was territorial about her, but that isn’t what I see Instead, he seems relieved

“Andreill look after her” Tyler lets out a long breath and stands, pacing a little before he heads to the sink to fix himself a drink “Andreays knohat to do”

He’s right If I’roup with the wisdom that comes with experience, then Andrew is the conciliator He always knohat to say when things are getting heated Whenever we got into trouble as kids, he’d know just how to ss over I avoided otiation skills Most importantly, he can make all of us see a different viewpoint, and with that strategy, there are rarely arguments that can’t be solved

“Maybe he’ll help her understand,” I say

“Maybe he’ll fuck her too,” Tyler mutters At least, that’s what I think I hear

“What?”

Tyler shrugs, placing the e to look at me “What do you think of Sandy?”

I take a step back in surprise No good ever co another man what he thinks of his woman There are boundaries between ood will come

“She seeirl,” I say That’s the line No further