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The railing on the bridge creaked when Oliver leaned against it, as well “Why don’t you come home more often?”

“I don’t know” And the award for being the biggest liar of the day belonged to Matt

“Liar,” Oliver replied, calling hi in New York…are you happy?”

He thought for a rown as a person, had experiences he wouldn’t have had in LA Even Parker, they’d had too ood times to count, but did that mean he was happy? The answer should have come easily He should be happy but the truth was, he didn’t kno to be No matter what he did, he wasn’t happy so he answered with, “I’ to be” And he was He wanted to feel joy in his life Who didn’t?

Oliver sighed, wrapped an arm around Matt’s shoulders and pulled him closer There was a warmth to Oliver that only he had Like he so him It’s why everyone liked him so much It’s why Matt hadn’t been able to keep hi Oliver in

“Then start now Have fun while you’re here Figure out what’s going on in that crazy fucking head of yours, and then go back to New York and do what you’ve always done”

“What’s that?” Matt asked

“Fight Dream Want”

Matt tried to turn away but Oliver grabbed his face “You’ve always been a fighter You learned the piano when you couldn’t afford lessons You succeeded,force to be reckoned with Where did that Matt go?”

Matt wanted that Wanted to fight so fucking bad because he wanted Oliver to be right about him He wanted to be the kind of man Oliver respected and spoke about the way Oliver was speaking about hiuy to take no for an answer before He played when all the odds were against him, and he didn’t kno he’d lost that part of himself But he wanted him back

And damned if he didn’t want to be happy too

CHAPTER TWELVE

They got back to the car and Matt surprised hi home yet”

“Are you hungry?” Oliver’sin the back of his head and he couldn’t make them shut up Not that he wanted to Hell, he needed the was uncharted territory for Davis, who had always been a workaholic