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"Other guys?"

"Huh?"

"You do anything weird with other guys?"

"Nothing too weird"

"What's too weird?" I ask

"Well… There was a guy anted me to call him daddy"

"You lecture him about fidelity?"

Her eyes go to the water "I never told you that"

"You did, just not in those words"

She pushes herself out of the pool "He's always screwing around on my mom A neoman every few months Just because… I don't know I don't think he loves the other women I think he just wants a new place to put his dick"

"He's an asshole"

"Yeah, but she stays I don't want to be like that I don't want to be stupid"

"Is she happy?"

"How could she be?"

It's a good question One I can't answer I only knoant to comfort her Wipe the frustration from her eyes

It's not like me

It's out of the question

"Is that why you don't do relationships anymore?" I ask

She nods "Probably why I never trusted John"

"Or uy"

"Maybe"

"Bash… fuck, I wish you knew him better When he was in love, the whole world knew He was effervescent"

Her eyes meet mine

"You're not open that way"

"You either"

"I like that about you" Fuck, what a? I'm too stuck on I like you I like her

It's not just a desire to fuck her

It's not just a need to

It's more

"Do you remember that party before the accident? He popped a bottle of cha new love"

"I do" Her voice is quiet "He was vibrant"

"He was proud he loved someone Proud of her Proud of himself Proud of the concept of love He couldn't keep it to himself"

"Why would he?"

"She was married"

"Oh"

"Yeah" I e of the pool "He didn't care that she was married Not really Not the way you would"

"Is mental?"

"You're hiding it well"

She ss hard

"He said she was miserable Hated her husband Maybe it was true Maybe it was bullshit I don't know But I knew Bash, and he loved her with his whole heart He needed to share it He couldn't stop himself"

"Beautiful adultery Sorry I shouldn't—"

"It was fucked up His death doesn't change that"

"But he—"

"You don't have to approve I didn't"

"Really?"