Chapter 18Justin had let him stay and work at Abbot Organics. There were new rules, one including “and stay the hell away from my brother!”
Mrs. Rossi had waited until Justin went back inside before hugging the life out of Izzy and telling him to have faith that the universe was done f*****g him over—her words, not his—and that good things would come. He just needed patience, she’d said.
He’d driven back to the trailer and unpacked his stuff. He assumed his work schedule was still the one he’d had before last night, so he didn’t contact anyone.
Izzy went to bed instead and tried to sleep, but sleep didn’t come. Eventually, Sam got off work.
“Izzy?” he called, sounding so f*****g happy that Izzy felt a bit choked up.
“In here.” His voice was raspy, and it wasn’t until then that he real
