He frowns for a second. “Are you still my friend?” We were never friends. Those words catch in my throat. Charlie continues, “Jack still hasn’t told me if he wants to continue Born into Fame. And I know he’s upset about my reason. I just didn’t know if that changed things between us?” My mind skates through everything the two of us have been through. All the continents we’ve visited together. All the lunches, dinners, and plane rides we’ve shared. All the games of chess we’ve played and the languages we’ve conversed in. How much I care about him and his happiness. How much he cares about mine.
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