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I was waiting on the golf course when Zeke arrived. I’d been sitting down but stood when he got closer, frowning at me and carrying what I’d asked him to bring. He held it up. “Why’d you want me to bring this beer?”
My palms were sweating. I wiped them over my shirt, nodding to the bottle in his hand. “That’s the beer you were drinking the night I accidentally walked here?”
His face was closed off, but he nodded again. “Why’d you want me to bring this again?”
“Because.” I reached for it, opened it, and took a sip before passing it back to him. “That was the night I thought everything was ending. Do you remember?”
He kept watching me, his eyes narrowed, but said, “Yes.”
“Well. I liked the beer. I never told you, but I think that’s my favorite beer.”
“Okay.” His head c****d ba
