Chapter 70

“You don’t. He said ‘Back at you, forever’. It was never ‘I love you, too’. It was always ‘Back at you, forever’. And I knew he did love me.” David smiled. “I know you do, Tonio.” With that said, he went back inside the club.

“Are you okay?” Jon asked.

“Yeah, I think so. At least he knows I’m around, if he needs me. I have the feeling he’s all right too, now. Not great. It’ll take a while until he is, but he’ll get there, which is all I want for him.”

“I vote we all go back to Mike and Sage’s and watch a movie,” Brody said, slinging his arms around me and Jon.

“A movie?” Sage looked at Mike. “We have movies?”

Mike laughed, obviously knowing why Sage asked. “Tell the ghostie boys I’m fine with the idea, as long as they don’t chatter all the way through it.”

We all laughed, and then Brody, Jon, and I took the fast way to Mike and Sage’s townhouse, while they did it the normal way, by car.

THE ENDDead and Hating It

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