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At five in the morning, Louie’s was fairly quiet. The post-bar crowd had mostly filtered out, though a few still lingered.
“So how’ve you been?” Bryce asked.
Gray exhaled slowly.
“That good, huh?”
Gray laughed. “It’s been a long couple of months.”
“Yeah, same here.”
“Work?”
Bryce nodded. “Things with Matt and Toby are good if that’s what you’re asking.”
“Good.”
Bryce watched Gray. He seemed to be waiting for something.
Finally, Gray got it. “You want to know about Jack and Mason, I guess.”
“They’re still putting up with you, apparently.”
Gray scowled. “Fuck yes, they are.”
Bryce laughed. “Big of them.”
“Yeah, well… Like I said, it’s been a rough few months.”
“The Benson trial had to be hard for you.”
Gray nodded. “But it’s over. I just want to forget about it.”
“I saw the press conference. You looked good up there.”
Gray rolled his eyes. “I just said what I had to.”
“But you looked calm, controlled. I knew you didn’t want to be up there, but it didn’t show.”
“Thanks, I guess, but I don’t want to be the DPD poster boy.”
“You make a good one, though.” Bryce winked. Fucking flirt.
“Watch out, or I’ll see if I can get you in the limelight too.”
“Ha! I’ll be lucky to just get through the next few months and prove myself.”
“Looks like you did a damn good job tonight.”
“Thanks.”
Gray could tell his compliment really meant a lot to Bryce. “It’s because you had a hardass teacher.” Gray had taught a few of Bryce’s classes at the Academy.
Bryce rolled his eyes.
The waitress brought their food then, and they tucked in. A few minutes later, Gray’s phone buzzed. What now?
He pulled it out of his pocket, expecting it to be Thornton. Instead, it was a text from Jack on the family thread with Mason.
