Chapter 37

Good night and I love you.

Good night, I love you, and damn, it’s been a nice couple of days, hasn’t it?

Lyle shook his head and reached for the door handle. It was too late to get sentimental now

The scent of flowers hit him immediately—strong and fresh, as though the petals had been basking in the half-moon’s light. It wasn’t the flowers that struck him into stilled confusion, though. It was the expressions on Randy’s and Vaughn’s faces. “Hey.” He pushed himself to step forward. “What’s up?”

Vaughn opened his mouth to reply but the words seemed to stick in his throat. Vaughn held Randy’s left hand with the grip of a man convinced his partner was about to be carried away. Both Randy’s and Vaughn’s eyes were bright and shiny. Tears? In Randy’s eyes, maybe…but his father’s?