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“Yes Exactly”

Travis shrugged, a one-guy-to-another kind of shrug

“Yeah, well, these things happen”

“Right It happened And then, the next uy walked in, looked kind of surprised to see ured out I’d slept hat turned out to be his wo in on us”

“Crap,” Travis said, through his teeth

“I decked him”

“Of course you did”

“I don’t even knohy I decked hi “I mean, it was his place His woh his hair, looked at Travis “Man, I just lost it, you know?”

“Who wouldn’t?”

“It was just—it was so—so—”

“Ugly They have an open relationship, whatever you want to call it, and that’s not you”

“No Hell, no I mean, if I’d knoas in another man’s bed, with another man’s woman—”

“You thought she was all about you,” Travis said gently, “but it was all about variety”

Caleb winced “Exactly” He rubbed his hands over his face “I don’t understand why I let it bother me so damned much”

Travis stood up, clapped his brother on the shoulder