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.I pulled my phone out of my pocket and scrolled through my contacts to Adam’sname.I hesitated, and then pressed the “delete contact” button.Do you want to permanently delete Adam O’Connor?Without another moment’s hesitation, I pressed Delete.Contact deleted.58www.samhainpublishing.comMeet Me in the MiddleI smiled, slid the phone back into my pocket, and sat back.There.Done.We’d talked things through, buried the hatchet and then spent a few hoursnaked in bed.Couldn’t think of a better way to put twenty years to rest.Now hewas behind me, and I could move on.Finally.As soon as the plane touched down in Seattle, everyone had their phonesout, myself included.I had a text from Kieran: Are you back in town today? Want to join Alex and me for dinner?Dinner that didn’t require cooking or calling? Hell yeah.I quickly sent back,Just landed.Should be home by six.While I was at it, I also sent Rhett a quick text: Back in town.Movie nightsometime this week?I put my phone away and waited for the passengers ahead of me to gathertheir things and move off the plane.My phone buzzed again.Kieran had written back, See you tonight.Our place, six thirty.Bring nothing.Sounds good, I sent back.Then my stomach tightened.I sometimes hung out with Alex and Kieran ontheir own, rather than just with Rhett and Ethan, but I remembered now thatKieran had mentioned something recently about hooking me up with one of thebartenders from Wilde’s, the infamous den of debauchery where Kieran workedand most hot gay men in town went to get laid.Not that I’d object to that.The bartenders at Wilde’s were pureunadulterated sex on wheels.It was pretty much a requirement to work there.www.samhainpublishing.com59L.A.WittAnd management, being the saints they were, required all the bartenders to weartux shirts and bowties.There wasn’t a man behind that bar I wouldn’t let fuckme within an inch of my life.One after the other, thank you very much.And if I had any lingering feelings for Adam, any regrets or resentment thatmight come bubbling up as time went on, maybe that bartender from Wilde’swould be just the ticket for moving on.Alex and Kieran had a small but lovely apartment on Capitol Hill, a coupleof blocks off Broadway.Walking distance to Kieran’s job at Wilde’s and a shortdrive to Alex’s classes at the University of Washington.Bonus? It was only a fewblocks away from the condo I’d bought last year.“So how was the reunion?” Alex asked as we lounged on their couch with afew glasses of merlot.I shrugged.“Typical of a reunion.”He raised his eyebrows.“You’re speaking to someone who’s never attendedone, remember?”“Ooh, right.I forgot you’ve only been out of kindergarten since last year.”Kieran snickered.“Hey.” Alex wagged a finger at him.“Watch it.You’re not that much olderthan me.”“No, I’m not.” Kieran gave him a significant look.“I hope you’ll rememberthat next time you’re cracking over-the-hill jokes about me.”“Nope, probably not,” Alex said with a shrug.“You’re impossible.”I laughed.“You have no one to blame but yourself, Kieran, darling.He wassweet and polite until you got your hands on him.”“He’s right, you know.” Alex batted his eyes at Kieran.60www.samhainpublishing.comMeet Me in the MiddleChuckling, Kieran put an arm around Alex’s waist and kissed his cheek.“Brat.”“To answer your question,” I said, “the reunion was…interesting.”“Was it worth going?” Kieran asked.I swirled my wine for a second.Then I nodded.“Yeah, it was worth it.Caught up with some people I hadn’t seen in far too long.”Alex elbowed Kieran.“You sure you don’t want to go to yours?”Kieran eyed him.“You still want to do that weekend in Vegas before we getmarried?”“Point taken.Never mind.No reunion.”“That’s what I thought.” Kieran looked at me.“You’re invited to that, by theway.First week of August.”“Vegas?” I grinned, thankful for the shift away from the topic of my reunion.“Don’t tell me you two are eloping.”Alex laughed.“No.But Kieran and Ethan are both convinced it wouldn’t beright for me to get married when I haven’t at least had one weekend of partyingin Vegas, and Rhett’s insisting on chaperoning.”“Wise men.” I raised my glass.“Good on you for listening to them.”Kieran picked up the wine bottle and topped off his glass.As he offered thebottle to me, he asked, “So, are you in?”“For the wine or the weekend?”He rolled his eyes.“Both, idiot.”“Of course I’m in.” I held out my glass, and as he poured a little more, Iadded, “You should know I’d never turn down a weekend of sin.”“Didn’t think so,” Alex said, chuckling.He held out his glass to Kieran.“So have you heard from Rhett and Ethan since you got back?” Kieran askedas he filled Alex’s glass.www.samhainpublishing.com61L.A.Witt“Uh, no,” I said.“Should I have?”“You probably will sooner or later,” Alex said.“Rhett’s kind of comingunglued because that kid finally proposed to Sabrina.”“He did? Good Lord, it certainly took him long enough.”“No kidding.” Kieran laughed.“But you should see Ethan.I think knowingtheir daughter is getting married is giving him a midlife crisis.”“Another one?” I clicked my tongue and shook my head.“That man isseriously abusing the privilege.”Kieran and Alex both laughed.I took another drink and then set my glass on a coaster on the coffee table.“Now, let’s get down to important topics, here.Tell me more about thisbartender you two keep trying to set me up with.”Kieran grinned.“He’s fucking hot.”Alex whistled.“He so is.”“Kieran.Alex
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