But as much as Jake resented it, he knew it was his own fault. He’d been doing better since he met Gabriel, but that didn’t change how many months he’d already wasted f*****g around, so selfish he’d barely thought about his family at all.
“Suck it up, dipshit,” he muttered to himself. He flopped onto the couch, stretched his arms along the top of the back, and leaned his head back and closed his eyes. It was a lot cooler now in Gabriel’s apartment, almost comfortable even without the windows open. Jake lifted his head when he realized he was about to fall asleep. He and Gabriel had walked around Harbourfront all afternoon and he was tired, but it wasn’t even ten and Jake had better things to do on Gabriel’s couch than sleeping.
Instead, he stood up and wandered around the apartment, look
