Loren might have forgotten how long it took him to stand on his own feet confidently, but I hadn’t. Five years and he was still waiting for me to apologize for talking them into signing that deal, but I couldn’t. I just…couldn’t. As much as I regretted Savant, it wasn’t even close to how much I would have missed my best friend. I wouldn’t give him up then, and I wouldn’t give him up now.