Chapter 34Garrett arrived at the center an hour after the festivities started and missed the opening ceremony. His anger flared again. Why had he waited so long to arrive? Why hadn’t he realized sooner Jase hadn’t planned to come?
It took close to an hour before the tension in Garrett’s stance eased, and the throbbing pressure holding his head hostage subsided. And before he let his emotions take him down, he remembered for whom the night was really meant. The pain filling his chest eased.
He ran into a couple of friends at the bar, and before long, the couple turned into four. And except for the awkward moment when asked about his missing in action date, the conversation flowed.
As the night grew on, Garrett continued to run into people he’d known, some he hadn’t seen in ages. He loved
