“I couldn’t go on anymore. I’m fighting tooth-and-nail here, Gryphen. I had to watch everyone fall in love and know Inever would because I made a promise to him,” he said, pointing to the bathroom. “I vowed to only love him, and I kept it.”
Gryphen sighed.
How could he be angry?
Honestly, he couldn’t.
It was hard to argue that, and he knew it.
“Are you okay now?”
He shrugged.
“I don’t know,” he answered. “I guess it depends on what happens next. I feel like I’m in a void. Yes, we had sex, and yes, he’s here for a while, but I need more. I just don’t know how to get back there. I hurt him.”
Yeah, they’d both done each other dirty, and that meant they both needed to be talked to.
So, it was time.
Instead of going deeper with this man, it was time to divide and conquer.
There were two men involved in this, and they needed to see ifBOTHwere doing okay. Maybe Gryphen could talk Michael down, and the two men could work this out.
Instead of focusing on Graham, he glanced over at the cop, and he put his trust in him.
While he didn’t know Finn well, he knew that the man cared about Graham.
That was the bottom line for him.
“You’re up with this one, Detective,” he said to Finn. “Talk some sense into him and get to the bottom of this. I’ll take the wet, showering one.”
Oh, well, Finn could do that.
Gratefully.
Someone was getting an earful.
Bet.
On.
It.
When the bathroom door closed again, Graham had tears in his eyes, and Finn picked up his hand and held it in his.
For support.
“Get it off your chest, Lad. I’m here.”
And he did.
“He’s the same as he used to be,” he admitted. “When he kissed me, I knew. I never stopped loving him, Finn. If he leaves again, I am dead. I can’t do this again. I don’t know what to do. I want to be cautious, but he’s my last chance to feel again.”
Well, he understood that.
When his ex walked out, leaving him behind, Finn had fought to feel like he was worthy of love again.
Finally, it found him when Gabby fell into his world.
