Chapter 14Hours later, Adam Stoker entered his hotel room alone. When his phone buzzed, he grabbed it right away. When he saw who it was, “Not even,” he hit Ignore. “We’re gonna pretend none of that’s even happening as long as we can,” he said to a toy he’d recently acquired.
Adam wished he hadn’t blown Ben off the way he had. He didn’t want to. But there was no sense at all dragging him into his latest fuckup.
“Sadly, it’s unavoidable, little guy,” Adam told the plush plaything.
Eventually, Ben was going to find himself in the middle of it, whether he hung out with Adam all innocent-like or not. Richie, too.
Adam was jealous. Richie was lucky. He got to see Shrimpy all the time.
The two brothers often argued over who came up with the nickname first, like they argued over everything e
