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Knock! Knock! Knock!

I stood up froh the peephole, I held back a sigh

It was Chelsea

Frone bottle in her hand and the wild look in her eyes, she wanted to celebrate so

Turning around, I walked over to my table and pushed all my latest business contracts into a box I had yet to tell anyone that I’d been spending allcompany

It’d taken forever, and yes, I’d lived in the dors didn’t work out, but the business was farto reveal everything at the end of Deceure year

Making sure all ht, I returned to the door

“Oh od, you’re still alive!” Chelsea pulled“I can’t believe you opened the door”

“You need to call before co over, Chelsea”

“Why?” She shrugged “You never answer your phone”

Good point

She waved her hands up and down, nodding “You finally look like a guy who cares about himself,” she said “I’m impressed”

“You’re wearing SpongeBob leggings and sweater boots” I teased her “I’m not impressed”

“Funny” She rolled her eyes “Anyway, I won’t take toonews to share Want to guess now or later?”

Never “Later”

“Great, I’ll tell you now” Her eyes lit up “I’ married!”

“Wait Again?” I blinked, calculating things

“‘Again’ is not the right response for this life-changing event”

“Is the ink on your previous divorce papers dry yet?” I asked “I just bought the Ryan guy a golf gift for Christether”

“Tyler …”

“This e nu wrong with dating a guy long teral work out of it”

“I’lared atanother year and a half to have the wedding Okay?”

“Okay” I held back a laugh “Congratulations, Chelsea”

“Thank you so much!” She squealed as if my previous words had never happened “Now, as you know, although Chad is super successful—he’s actually the uy with few friends”

I don’t know shit about this guy “Right”

“So, he was planning to call and beg you for so, but I’ll beat him to it He wants the man I care most about, ie, you, to be his best man”

“Hmmm Let me think about that for a second” I shook my head “Hell no, Chelsea”

“What?”

“Tell hi whenever you have it, but I won’t be in it this time”

“You weren’t in uilt-you-eyes’ down to a science “This tiuy is the one”