Chapter 19

Well, at least he’s not married.That minor relief was not nearly enough to mitigate the sensation in his chest. Kyle was right; if Terry knew who had done this to him, there would be blood. Terry pictured someone who had gone on to be a skeevy business man, worming his way to being the overpaid CEO of some company, or possibly buying his way into politics with an equal amount of wealth and information. In this scenario, Terry marched into that piece of shit’s office, punched him square in the nose, and said, “That’s for Kyle!”

The door to Paul’s room opened and closed. Clattering sounds soon followed in the kitchen. Terry almost got up to show Paul the e-mail and prove it wasn’t pointless to pine after his professor. However, he could already hear Paul’s reply; “Okay, well, you still can’t fuck him yet. Are you sure you don’t want to find someone who’s actually available?”