The line between friendship and love can sometimes become blurred. Sal, Major, and Abby have a complex relationship. When Major and Abby call off their engagement and Major announces he’s leaving the country, Sal is devastated and wonders if he’s to blame.<br><br>Five years later, Major returns in time to find Sal obsessed with tracking down a stranger he flirted with at a stoplight. Wanting nothing more than for his friend to find true love, Major agrees to help in the search. The two enlist Abby, as well.<br><br>Somewhere along the line, the trio becomes a quartet, old feelings resurface, old wounds are healed, and everyone learns where love really is.

Red Light, Green Eyes, True Blue

Major passed it like a scrub nurse giving the surgeon his cutting tool.


“Thank you.” I wasn’t centered. I had to stretch while tilting off to one side. Major hissed—like a gasp only through his teeth—when I swayed to one side. “Would you two relax? I’m not gonna f—”


Fall turned to “Fuck!” partway down. I landed face first on the cushions of the sofa, but then rolled off onto the floor, my funny bone connecting with the corner of Major’s wrought iron coffee table. “Son of a…I’m fine.”


“Don’t move.” Abby made it to my side in a flash. She was a nurse—and a friend—one who calmly stroked my hair. “You sure?”


“Perfectly.” I disobeyed orders and got up. “See?” Flexing my elbow hurt like a motherfucker, but I did it four more times to prove otherwise.


“It’s not broken if you can do that,” Abby said, looking me over. “It’s going to leave a mark, though. How’s your head?”


Chapter 19