Chapter 53Richie pounded on the door like a man on a mission, the door to the room he’d no longer been sharing with Ben.
“Ben! We need to talk.”
A dramatic entrance, a dramatic scene, he’d planned it all out in his head.
“Forget the note. I couldn’t do it. I’m an i***t. I can’t not see you win gold.”
Hell, he’d been planning it for days.
“You’re gonna. Come on! I changed my mind. I’m here. Ben!”
He’d been planning it even longer than that. Too bad he’d turned in his keycard.
“Shit.”
Ben wasn’t there, anyway. Despite all the bullshit, Ben would open the door, Richie knew. They’d open the door for each other. In public, maybe they had to leave things unsaid, because of Coach Strong. In private, they could work it out. After calming down and thinking rationally, Richie knew that.
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