Chapter 16Love gives you the power to heal
But love unspoken is not real
It undermines love and trust
And can turn love from rock to dust
Why did I not believe?
Torment myself that you’d deceive
I think it was the words unspoken
The ones I kept hidden until broken
I say them now, and forever
I love you, my darling and I’ll leave you never.
No more secrets, No more lies
No more hiding, No more goodbyes
—Milo Stamis, “Talk to Me”
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“Milo, who told you I screwed Danny? You never objected to me spending time with him before. We played video games together when we toured. How did he become an issue?”
“Good question, baby. It crept up on me, as I remember. After you and I became lovers, Bart kept stoking my coals. He joked about me being an old man in comparison to you and t
