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He was gone before she could respond, and the void that remained in his place could not be filled with any amount of work, music, or television for the rest of the day His absence didn’t leave her feeling liberated this time
It left her feeling lonely and somewhat melancholy
“Morning, Sunshine,” Chance Griffin cheerfully greeted Ty the following ether every day, before Ty’s shift started Ty preferred solitude on his pre-dawn runs through the mostly empty, quiet streets, but when he had foolishly let it slip to the other man that he ran this routeAnd he had showed up every single day for the last eightconversation
Ty grunted a greeting and began his stretching routine while he silently listened to Chance rave about his epic weekend
“I s up to here…” He indicated toward his armpits “Our che she could be the future ot ho some historical twaddle on Netflix She had rollers in her hair, f’ fuck’s sake Real o But Colby’s death stare took ave Mindy some taxi fare and sent her on her way How the fuck am I supposed to live like that, mate?”
“Why don’t youpace Fuck, he hadn’thim in, despite himself
The big, garrulous Australian was likable He didn’t live in one of the Worth Manor company apartments, instead he shared a townhouse with coer, Colby Campbell, in Baron’s Court They were unlikely housenore each other’s existence It was an odd arrangement, and Chance liked to bitch about Colby’s strict rules—as if washing your coffee cup was such an unreasonable request—but for the most part they seemed to make it work
“The rent is great considering the location and size of the place Maybe I should hook her up with sohts at ho old-tiht ahead as he felt Chance’s eyes slide to him “Say, I don’t suppose—”
“No,” Ty cut him off before he could form the question
“It would do you good get out sometimes too, man”
“I’m fine,” Ty said
Chance had started inviting himself around to Ty’s place for drinks after work as well Sometimes it felt like a puppy had latched onto Ty and followed him home, determined to be his friend Ty knew he should have put a stop to it, because now Chance seemed to think he could comment on Ty’s personal life
Or lack thereof