“We knew some of the same friends, got drunk a few times, got together a few times, and Brian was a result.” My shoulder shrugs. “We knew enough about each other to know that we’d never make a good couple, so we never even tried. She told me she wanted to keep the baby, I told her if she did that I wanted to be a part of his life, so we made it work.” “Huh,” Maddie tilts her head, “that actually sounds really mature.” That makes me smile, “Well I was 32, and should’ve known better than to fuck around without protection. But I can’t say I regret it.”
