Tom sighed and moved past Haley and sat down on the bench. The other man sat down across from him.
Should I say something? Would that be so bad, so hard? Would it be so wrong to admit how I’m feeling?
“You tell anyone and I really will fight you,” Tom told Haley. “I’m not messing around, either, Haley. This is serious. Between you and me.”
“Absolutely,” Haley said gravely. No matter how much trouble Haley had caused or how often he’d butted heads with the other men, one thing was certain: he was true to his word. If he said he wouldn’t say anything, he wouldn’t. It was that simple.
Tom breathed out a long sigh.
“Half the time, I don’t feel like I even belong anymore,” Tom said. He didn’t want to get into the nitty, gritty details. A summary would be enough. “Between everyt
