“I just wanted to, uh, take a minute to express how much Tristan and Rix mean to me, to all of us here.” Flip’s eyes are already glassy. He blows out a breath. “Man, I’ve got a lot of feelings, and they’re all right here.” He taps his throat, then the corner of his eye. “And apparently here.” Tally hops up from her table near the podium and sets a travel packet of tissues next to him. She squeezes his arm and leans in to whisper something before she rushes back to her seat.

