18 Joe
Instead of sleeping upstairs with Luke in his apartment, I called a cab and went back to the Broadway Cafe. Disappointment was written all over his face, but I’d had too much to drink to be more than a huge blubbering mess. After spending the day with Mother I needed space, and I also had way too much business stuff I’d been neglecting. Michael had sent me a text saying he was available tomorrow, so he was meeting me at eleven for a walk-through of the place, and I needed to be in the right frame of mind for making big decisions.
“You don’t need it bro, but with the way your head is hanging, another drink wouldn’t be such a bad idea.”
Of course I knew it was a horrible idea, but words kept flying through my head on repeat. ‘If Luke finds out.’ was the most popular shitty thing, a
