Chapter 10: Chapter 10

“It’s not that I don’t appreciate it,” AJ said when the silence stretched too long for his comfort level. “I do. You want to see me happy. That’s what you said. But happy for you, and happy for me, aren’t necessarily found in the same places, Ty. You want to know when I’m happiest? Honestly? When we’re onstage. When it’s you, and me, and our pianos, and the music. I don’t even need an audience. Our rehearsals are enough for me. So if I don’t get a hard-on every time you bring up the issue of dating, or me having sex with some indiscriminate stranger, that’s why.”

Somewhere in the back of his head, he worried about saying too much. Tyrone was wired differently; he’d known that from day one. Their differences had always been their greatest strength, but maybe he’d pushed too far this time. Maybe he’d said too much. Was it possible to make the leap from I love working with youto I love you? Not even Tyrone would do that…would he?