Sorry you had to leave. I would have driven you if you woke me.
Okay, that was innocuous enough. Blake could have woken Derek up and told him he wanted his own bed, and Derek would have taken him home, probably with little argument and only a little cajoling to stay. But Blake couldn’t face him, because if he had, he wouldn’t have left. That made him a coward.
The next text came a couple of hours after that. The morning show had started, and the chime happened just as one of the newscasters smiled. Blake would have laughed if he was in the mood.
Can you just let me know you’re okay? Thanks B.