Chapter Twenty-Three
Larry woke Sunday morning with a hangover and a heavy heart. The night before, he’d sat in the window of a small downtown bar with Chuck. Across the street, people had come and gone from a huge dance club, mostly in couples. The sight of every laughing couple had grated on him. He’d been single and relatively happy that way for a long time, but leaving Jessica had left a hole bigger than he could have anticipated.
Chuck had found himself at a significant disadvantage, trying to comfort or advise his longtime friend with very little information. He didn’t press, but he was having trouble understanding the situation. Larry, for his part, didn’t want to give away too many details for Jess’s sake. Angry as he was with her, he didn’t want to paint her as a w***e in front
