Chapter 18

He’d been home by early evening and spent another couple of hours changing bed sheets and picking up the stray items that always seemed to manifest when one had house guests until there was simply nothing else that he could do to put off the inevitable. It’s one thing,he thought, still staring at his peace offerings, to promise one’s self that you were going to be the better person; it was another thing entirely to actually force yourself to do it.

He stalked Vaughn’s house through his upstairs window, praying that he would see Vaughn’s truck pull out so that he could skulk over undetected and drop the gifts at the door with a quick note. Sorry to have missed you (yeah, right), just a little something to say thanks (and buy your acceptance). Hope you enjoy it (actually, I don’t really care; I just hope it works).