Chapter 23

 

The next morning, I was shocked into silence when Andrew walked straight up to Nathan in the parking lot and hugged him. Nathan hugged him back, and they exchanged what I could only describe as some secret man-look. No fists, no angry words, but an understanding and friendship budded in front of my eyes as Andrew vowed to stay silent about us.

Over the next few days, they became lunch buddies, Andrew splitting between the two of us. It was almost like shared custody.

“Really?” I asked Nathan a few days later, my curiosity getting the better of me. I stood in front of the stove, a skillet full of ground turkey, springing the question on him as he walked back in from changing clothes.

“What?”

I waved the spatula in my hand. “You hug, exchange a look, and suddenly all of the animosity that’s been boiling between you two for months is gone.”

“That about sums it up.”

“Men are strange creatures.”

“Nothing had to be said. I told him to search; I knew what he was going to find.”