Chapter 54

• BJ leans back in his chair and laces his hands behind his head with a nod. “This is not me saying you don’t have a right to feel the way you do. But I think you’ve also taken a big step back, consciously or not. Maybe to give them room to do their thing, or maybe to protect yourself because subconsciously you expect him to pick her over your friendship.”
• I scrub my hands over my face—carefully. It still kind of hurts. “Yeah, maybe you have a point. But the make-out sessions on the living room couch are more than I can deal with, regardless.”
• “That’s fair. But also infrequent. And I bet Kody is struggling as much as you are with how this all should work. Just talk to him about it, man. You’ve been friends since before you were born. There’s a balance here. You just need to find it.”