Chapter 10: Before and AfterCharlie roared with laughter. “Oh, my God, are you in some kind of Hallmark movie right now?” “Can’t be. They don’t do gay romance.” He took a sip of his drink, his rings clinking against the glass. “This is just too good. Your ex got with the guy you got with. You’ve both slept with Jude. And Jude doesn’t know that you’ve slept with his current boyfriend. And your ex doesn’t know you got to his current boyfriend before he did. And—” “Okay, Charlie. We get it.” Elyse sipped through her straw. “You haven’t really told us how you feel about all this, Aiden.” I was two drinks in, so I was feeling pretty okay. “It feels like something I don’t want to deal with.” “So, like every difficult thing in your life then?” “f**k you with something hard and sandpapery,

