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"You're not I'll drop it if you ask, but I won't believe you're fine"

How the hell do I play this?

"Is it about Bash?"

"What about him?"

"His death" He says that without judgment too

But, still, I don't buy it "He's been dead"

"He was fucking a married woman"

It's a plausible explanation, but there's so "Did he tell you more?"

"More about what?"

"The wo"

"The sas he told you"

"How do you knohat he told me?" I ask

"Bash wasn't good at keeping secrets"

That's true It's , but it is true

"He told roan The way her toes curled when she ca with him"

That sounds like Bash

"He put you to shame"

I can't help but laugh "In his dreams"

"Maybe" Sireen hue of the drink

"It's good"

He takes a sip "Better than I expected"

"I'm a man of many talents"

He finishes half his drink Sets his glass on the counter

Mine is better with the next sip Sweeter, stronger, pro a release fro second "Is that all he said?"

He doesn't reply

"Did he tell you her name? Who her husband was? If she was at the funeral?"

He holds aze for a moment "He didn't tell"

Bash didn't tell him

But he kno

That's what he's hiding So?

But why?

"Is she okay?" I ask

"I don't know"

"But you know her Who she is?"

He says nothing But that says everything

He knows the wo

"What else do you know?" I ask

"Liam—"

"Telltruth"

"Why? What good could come of it?"

"It's the truth"

"You've never kept a secret?"

Guilty as charged "That's not the point"

"He loved her He wanted to keep their affair secret"

"He's dead Doesn't fucking matter what he wanted"