s**t. Garrett’s skin heated. “I was thinking—hey. Wait a second. I didn’t freak out.” “Yeah. Ya did.” Ryan laughed again, this time more quietly. “Fine. I was thinking I shouldn’t be working you so hard. It’s not fair.” Ryan’s smile grew. “Thank you for thinking that. It’s not right, but thank you.” Garrett smirked. “You’re welcome. But what do you mean, it’s not right? I’ve put a lot of extra s**t on your shoulders since I joined the band, and it’s not fair to you.” “Garrett, you don’t have me doing anything I don’t want to do. If anyone’s carrying extra weight, it’s you. And that’s kind of what I wanted to talk to you about.” Garrett’s tension slipped away. Ryan hadn’t thought Garrett was taking advantage. “I wanted to see about maybe…What I wanted to say was, I saved a bunch of m

