Chapter 4
His phone pinged several more times before he turned it off and settled into a Star Trek Voyager binge on Netflix. Freshly showered and wearing his favorite old flannel pants, he had his donuts, his Dr. Pepper, and what was left of his dignity. Rick prepared to sink into his misery and leave the world for a day.
And that’s just what he did, until the next morning when he knew he’d wallowed enough. He turned on his phone to see a series of texts and missed calls from several people.
His phone rang before he’d read any of the messages. It was Mark and he knew he shouldn’t ignore the call again.
“Hey,” he said.
“Well, at least you’re not dead,” Mark huffed.
Rick winced. He knew Mark would call him out over his s**t. “Sorry. I just needed…a day.”
“With Josh?”
Crap.
“Seriousl
