Chapter 26Cole
By the time my job ended, Byron was well into the fall term at UCLA and JoJo was solidly established on Ten-31. The new roof was on at Byron’s house, but all three of us continued to live in mine, because the freshly framed upstairs bedrooms were still open to the air, and the downstairs bathroom and kitchen were torn apart. We tiptoed through from time to time, peering around the heavy plastic sheets protecting the unchanged rooms, assuring each other that the house would be amazing when this was all done. I was sure Anthony would have approved.
Byron definitely had feelings about it, but our love nest was a good place to deal with those. JoJo was insatiable; it was honestly a good thing there were two of us to give or take whatever he needed on a particular day. Most eve
