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idea what happened after that.”

He studies me for a few moments. Trying to decide if I’m lying.

Must decide I’m not. Because he nods his head and says, “Well, I appreciate the honestly, Johnny. I

really do.”

Then he turns away and starts walking back towards the street.

“No problem, Nick.”

And he turns, walking backwards. Flips the hood back over his head, and shoots me with his

finger. Then turns back around, shoves his hands into his pockets, and disappears around the side of

the house.

Zach stays in Key West . He has a job with Luke Dumas on his boat doing…whatever the fuck that

guy does. And back in the city Jesse goes home with Emma. They are so annoying with all their new

wedding plans, I can’t stand it.

Joey, Brooke, Huck, and Wald go back to that new mini mansion they bought for Maisy. I called up

Michael Conner, told him I handled shit, but he wasn’t part of the deal. He didn’t take that too well.

Especially when I informed him that Joey will get time with Maisy every weekend. But I told him

about my buddy Chek. (And that’s how you spell his name. C-h-e-k.) And if he wanted to take it up

with him, he could be my guest. But I’m in a position to call the shots and so shots are being called.

Michael agreed to every other weekend, I found that to be acceptable, and we came to an

understanding.

I just want Maisy’s life to go on as normal. Because she needs Megan’s father’s treatments and I

want those treatments to happen under Michael Conner’s supervision, the same way they have been

her whole, short life.

Otherwise Joey will start asking questions. And I don’t have good answers for those questions yet.

So this really is for the best.

Megan and I stay in the Bossy one night before we go out to the lake house for good.

I tell her it’s because I wanted to grab a few things from my floor, and that’s mostly true. I have

some clothes and a box of personal shit I want to take with me. Family photos. But there’s some

letters in there too.

But the real reason I wanted to stay in the Bossy one night before we leave the city for good was so

I could take Megan to the art museum and show her my favorite exhibit. They have a spectacular