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Alh in the sky, I feel like et back to my apartment and crash Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if I sleep for a week straight

The first thing I do when I climb my tired ass up the old stairs to my one-bedroom rent-by-the-week apartment is pull out my phone and call Coop It’s been al that long without checking on hi ?"

"Uh, you know--sa down here I’s weren’t falling to shit" He laughs Leave it to Coop to find soh about

You never would have guessed that he was the same kid who used to cower meekly in the corner Damn, I’m so proud of theto be excited about,like someone pissed in my Cheerios either"

"Guess you’ve got ot you down, big brother?" he worries

I consider how much I want to tell hi just how lonely I am I know he’s content with his life, but sometimes I wish he felt differently about his outlook on the future The ‘fuck and run’ we’ve bothold as hell For once, I’ to wish I weren’t so fucked up and I could find some normal Suzie Hoet sick of this shit, Coop? I just spent the last seven days on the road chasing after this dirtbag that skipped out on his bail--again--only to come home to my empty apartment Hell, I don’t even really have an apart of mine here All this furniture cauess I’ve just been wondering if there’s h for me to think that the call dropped, but he clears his throat and I sit, waiting to hear what he’s going to say This isn’t the first ti more Or rather I’ve talked and he’s listened silently

"I didn’t realize you were still feeling this way, Asher" He exhales "Just because I don’t want more--ever--doesn’t mean that you can’t have it Look, we had one fucked-up childhood Things got easier for you when you got older, and I guess I still see things differently I refuse to ever be that weak e of ive another person the power to hurt uys here see like she was They’re really a different than her out there doesn’t changearound, collecting his thoughts "I’reat friends here, h pussy to lastthat could ave up that bounty hunter shit and ca to happen I like the challenge of ue

"Whatever The point is, I don’t need ood life, brother, and if it were all over toret You only live once, right?"

"Did you just YOLO h school," I laugh

"Hardy har har Laugh all you want You know I’h the line, and I s idiot

"Miss you, little brother"