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It’d been two and a half years, and it felt like not a day had passed since we’d last seen each other.
Every single emotion I felt toward him was just as sharp and uncomfortable as the day he broke my heart.
Why did it hurt so much?
Why did it continue to feel like he’d sent my heart through a shredder before handing it back to me?
Also, why the fuck was I still here?
I had no reason to be.
I was meeting no one here tonight.
I was officially on leave for three weeks.
And since he was here in New Jersey, there was no reason I couldn’t go home and see my brother, Nonna, and Ande…
“’Scuse me,” I heard said. “Would you care for another drink?”
I looked up at the man who’d approached and barely contained my grimace.
There was nothing wrong with him physically. He was cute.
But he had the same body type as Quinn. The same hair color. The same eye color.
The only thing different was that his face was less angular. More round.
Why did he look so similar?
Because he was Quincy, Quinn’s triplet.
“What are you doing here?” I asked, taking in his attire.
“I’m here because my brother just finished some schooling where he was recognized for outstanding performance. Quaid’s here, too,” he answered.
Just as Quincy said that, Quaid appeared on my other side, then took a seat next to me.
“Nothing against seeing y’all,” I said, “but I’d really like to keep him away from me.”
Meaning they needed to leave. Pronto.
Because I knew that them being here would allow Quinn to scrounge up the courage to come check in, and if I saw him after the six months I’d had, I might very well make some bad decisions.
He was always my best worst decision.
“You know, you are both miserable without each other,” Quincy said out of the blue.
I looked away from him, studying the list of beers above the bar, deciding not to answer that.
He kept talking, though, acting like our friendship had never ended.
Like their brother hadn’t broken my heart and pulverized it after.
“Leave it, Quincy.”
That voice.
It still had the power to send shivers down my spine.
