“Hey beautiful!” Beau beamed to me after answering my video call request. He looked like he was skimming through paperwork for his job but stopped to speak to me. “Hey,” I gave a tired smile. “How are you?” “Busy as always but I always have time for you. What’s going on?” I wanted to ask him but I didn’t know how to get the words out so we sat in silence for a moment before I spoke. “When we got on the plane Dylan was angry.” I started. “What did he do? I swear if he hurt you-” “No, nothing like that.” I cut him off. “He said something about you and I didn’t believe him. I know it’s not true.” “Ask me Blake, I’d never hide anything from you. You know that.” I thought I knew that. “Beau, tell me it’s not true.” I spoke to a man I looked up to most of my life through the screen of

