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Phoebe pulls back, and I lower her back down. She’s beaming at me. “Are you relieved?”
I stare down at her wide-eyed, unsure how to respond.
“It’s okay, Mase,” she says, gray-blue eyes twinkling knowingly. And I think back to last night, our talk, reassuring her whatever it is—whatever it is she’s thinking or feeling—it’s okay.
Eyes burning, I nod jerkily.
Yeah…it is.
This is…
Everything.
My lips rise of their own volition, and my heart’s pounding, and despite how scared shitless I am, I look over her shoulder, and meet the gazes of my brothers.
Moments stacked on moments from these last few years—writing and playing and taking chances, putting ourselves out there, dipping our toes in the proverbial ocean…
They play through my head like a flip book.
All we’ve been.
All we are.
And who we will become.
We all seem to be collectively holding out breaths, at a loss. They stare at me expectantly, and I nod.
It’s okay, it’s okay…
It’s all going to be okay.
I inhale.
I count to five.
Exhale…
Then—
I grin. “Well shit, guys.”
THE END
…for now
AFTERWORD
Thank you for reading, whether this is your first or second or maybe even third time. I hope you enjoyed not only more Will and Way scenes, but the little glimpse into Jeremy’s head, as well as Mason’s now too.
Now buckle up and get comfy, because it’s that time of the book where I just ramble on and on for pages.
Until now, barring Mason’s chapter inIf There’s A Way,we haven’t really gotten his perspective on everything that’s happened and been alluded to regarding Jeremy, Izzy… whoheis, as an individual.
Including Mason’s POV in this novella was always the plan. I actually had two whole scenes written for him back when I was originally writing this piece for Worthy. Unfortunately I had to scrap them (don’t worry, I’ll be recycling a lot of it inEBA,because I love it). There was just no way I could keep this story within the word count parameters and do his character justice. So cutting him out completely was my best option.
Holding off on publishing this as a novella once I had the rights back was wholly dependent on whether or not I wanted to re-step onto the landmine that is Mason Wyatt. Once he’s loose, he’s hard to rein in. But I was determined to make it work, if only to really show you that we’ve only scraped the surface of his and Jeremy’s years-in-the-making love story.
Obviously, I want to save the big stuff for their novel, which I’m working on now… but finding a good balance can be tricky. I want you fiending for more, of course, yes. But I also don’t want to be so vague, that it’s just crap storytelling.
