Page 96 of Roll With The Punches

“What?” they all asked.

“Yeah, sorry. I just found out yesterday and didn’t want to say anything around Emma. As of last week. He called and left a threatening voice mail on the landlord’s phone. Cops arrested him for making the threat. The landlord changed the locks and cleared out his stuff.”

“Where’s Corey?”

“Back with his mom. Probably where the kid needs to be. And she’s got him into counseling. Don’t know if it’ll help or not, but hopefully it will.”

When they returned to Brandon’s, she hugged the men before heading home. As they watched her drive off, Stuart shook his head. “I cannot believe we’re friends with her now.”

“I know, right?” Brandon said. “Not after what we went through. But I’m glad we are.”

“Me, too,” Jeff and Stuart echoed.

“Nice. Stereo.”

She ate dinner with them a couple of nights a week. While Emma didn’t go there to spend the night, she did go out to eat with her mom, or go over there for the evening before returning home.

Grace hadn’t bitten her either.

Yet.

They headed inside. Brandon no sooner had the door closed and locked behind him than the men were stripping.

He sighed, smiling. “Such good boys. My very good boys.”

This wasn’t the only thing in life…but it sure made it a lot easier to survive taking the punches life sometimes threw at them.

And how he loved these two men.

Completely.

THE END