Chapter 10

Hell, that’s crazy. Rhys isn’t my lover. But…

He slammed a mental door on that thought before it took shape.

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Liam met Billy at the station Monday morning after spending a restless day and night alone in the house. He hadn’t realized how much difference it made to be alone instead of knowing someone was there, even if you weren’t in the same room or doing anything together. Or was it just Rhys? They’d been together so much of their lives, almost like twins. He’d felt like some critical part of himself was missing.

Billy stood beside the pickup they’d been assigned for the day with his shoulders hunched and his hands stuffed into the pockets of his trousers. Although his habitual mirror-dark sunglasses hid his eyes, Liam still read unhappy and troubled emotions in his friend’s expression.

“Horses or ATVs today?”