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Sean drove back to the base in a fog. The first person he laid eyes on was Josh, who was busy setting up the new gas grill they’d just acquired.
“Magneto, where the hell have you been? We’re thinking cookout to kick off the season.”
Sean suddenly remembered that he hated Josh. He strode up to him, chest to chest. “Why’d you take Evie out, you asshole?”
Josh held up a spatula in self-defense. “I didn’t. She took me out.”
“What is that supposed to mean? Why would she take you out?”
Josh stepped behind the grill, so it separated them. “You seem upset, Sean.” His teasing tone made Sean want to inflict actual damage on him. “The last I heard, you and Evie were through. What’s it to you who she goes out with?”
The look on Sean’s face, which must have been terrifying, made him raise the
