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Chapter 3

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Rick continues to verbalize his thoughts as he gets dressed. “So why the fuck were you so noble last night?” Rick asks himself. “Oh, you two need to get caught up. You have so much to talk about. This is such a shock. I’ll just take myself out of the picture, go up to the cabin with ma tail between ma legs, and let you two get reacquainted. Shit! I shoulda stayed there! What kind of dumb fuck are you, Rick Jensen? This is Jerry Taylor! He who was dead is now alive. He, who Ed always brings up in one way or another, sometimes even when we make love, is here now, and here you are outta sight, outta mind, letting him have time alone with your man!”

Rick always knew Jerry was Ed’s first love, and he would never fully get over the way it had ended—when Ed ran away because he didn’t understand his feelings for Jerry and was afraid of them, without Jerry ever knowing how Ed had truly felt.