Dan didn’t toss and turn. He lay staring up at the ceiling all night, wondering what he should do. Running away and going back to Birmingham seemed the easiest solution. And the most cowardly. After Duke had reappeared in his life, Dan had lived with the fear that his brother would only let him down by vanishing again. How could he do that same thing to Duke? Duke needed him, or at least wanted him there. Dan wasn’t going to let some guy he’d barely even been around ruin the relationship Dan was building with Duke. Frankie, too. They’re getting in, under my skin, and I’m starting to believe in them. Strange how Hector got under my skin so quick when it’s taken me longer to have some faith in my brother. But Hector hadn’t written Dan off for a decade like Duke had, and Dan understood his brother’s actions even though he’d been hurt by them. Duke had had to get out of Alabama and be who he was. In the small town they’d lived in, being gay would have gotten Duke a beating at the very least.
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