Axel: Did you use the wrong fork at dinner? Chew too loud? Women notice EVERYTHING.
Blake: Shut up, Axel. Ryker, what happened?
Me: She opened up about her past. Told me things she’s never told anyone. It was … a lot.
Blake: And?
Me: And I left.
Blake: You LEFT?
Axel: OHHHHH. Oh no. No, no, no. Rookie mistake, Counselor. This is worse than that time you tried to represent yourself in traffic court and lost.
Me: I was still in college, jackass.
Jace: You left? While she was vulnerable?
Axel: You still LOST. For a traffic ticket. *laughing out loud emoji*
Me: I got an urgent phone call.
Axel: Was it from your common sense? Because, clearly, you didn’t answer.
Blake: Have you talked to her since?
Me: Once.
Blake: And?
Me: I left her a note.
Axel: A NOTE.
Axel: Oh my God. HE LEFT A NOTE. This is incredible. It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
Blake: Please tell me you’re joking.
Axel: He’s not joking. Look at his silence. That’s the silence of a man who left a NOTE.
Jace: What did the note say?
Me: That I’m sorry. That we’d talk.
Axel: “We’d talk.” Very romantic. Very reassuring. Did you sign it “Sincerely, Your Emotionally Unavailable Lawyer”?
Blake: Are you out of your mind?
Blake: She’s my SISTER. She trusted you with something she’s never told anyone, and you walked out?
Me: The call was about HER case, Blake. That’s why I left.
Blake: Then you should have TOLD her that.
Me: I know. I’m handling it.
Blake: You’d better be. Because if you hurt her worse than she’s already been hurt, I don’t care how many years we’ve been friends.
Jace: Guys, same team, remember?
