Chapter 50

Hoyt apparently wasn’t so reticent. Leaning back, he studied Teague for a moment then asked, “Have you met anyone since…?” He spread his hands questioningly.

“No. Have you?”

“No.” Leaning forward, crossing his arms on the table, Hoyt said quietly. “But then I’m not looking. I know I’m crazy but I keep hoping you might…” He sighed.

Now Teague did reach out to take Hoyt’s hand. “We’ve been through this before. How could it work?”

“Well, first you’d have to want it to,” Hoyt told him, gripping Teague’s hand tightly. “Obviously, since you never called or emailed or anything, you’ve decided I’m not worth the botherWe’renot worth the bother. Not that there was a ‘we’ but for a few days there I thought we were moving in that direction.”

“I didn’t call because I knew it would have hurt both of us.”