Ward lay on his bed holding his cell phone. It was ten o’clock, the time when Tyler and Ward usually talked about their day, hopes, and their love for each other. It was one of the highlights of Ward’s day. Even if they had just seen each other, Tyler would call after he’d gotten the boys to bed, and they’d talk for an hour or more. Since it was well beyond the boys’ bedtime, and Tyler hadn’t called, Ward was wrestling with whether or not he should call Tyler.
What if he called and Tyler refused to talk to him? But what if he didn’t call and Tyler had calmed down and was waiting for Ward, needing to talk? Tyler might get the idea that Ward was backing off over this Hank s**t.
Ward had no way of knowing what had actually gone on in the principal’s office. However, from the way both Hank a
