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

“That scene still brings back too many memories,” he said. “Somehow I figured I’d be past it all by now.” He wiped his eyes with both hands. “Sykes! Sykes!” then startled me when he started the angry chant we yelled to reenter as he got right back into character.


I followed him onstage, and we finished the final scene of the show for the last time without an audience.


The story ended happily ever after—more or less—just as it was written to do. Nancy wouldn’t get hers, but Oliver did, as he went off to live with his newly discovered grandfather. That seemed kind of real to me. While some people got what they wanted, oftentimes, someone else ended up left out of the joy.


We practiced curtain calls, then AJ dismissed us for the night. “Rest! Tomorrow, we do it for real.”


Chapter 52