She screeched and dropped the bag, stepping back from the doorway, the wall of musical sound still behind her andLoganright in front of her.
Of course it was Logan.
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m here to see you.”
Oh.
“I’ll get this.” He bent down and picked the trash bag up. Before she could say anything, he walked down to the edge of the driveway, putting it in the bin there before walking back to the house.
“Thanks,” she said.
“Yeah. Can I come in?”
He looked so…severe. Which wasn’t necessarily uncommon for him. “Will isn’t here.”
“I’m not looking for Will.”
Anxiety made her stomach tight. God. Why would he come to see her?
“Well. Come in.”
She stepped away from the door, and he moved past her, too tall and broad even for their rather spacious entryway.
They’d spent a ton of time with Logan. Here, on family vacations, and yet she could never escape that feeling that he was too much for any space he was in.
“Will and I went out for beer last night, and he told me that you’re separating.” Direct as ever.
She’d already talked to her friends about this. In theory, Logan was her friend. Kind of. So it shouldn’t be weird to talk to him about it, but it was. It was.
“Yeah, I…”
“He also told me about his open marriage bullshit.”
That shocked her. The directness. The disdain. Her friends had been upset, but even they’d been…well, they’d asked her to consider it.
Logan was just flat-out calling it bullshit.
“Oh.”
“I told him he’s lost his mind.”
She looked around. Were there hidden cameras? What was happening?
“You did?”
“Why does that surprise you?”
“Well, because he said you inspired him.”
The hard breath he let out sounded like it had teeth. “Good thing he didn’t say that to me. I’d have punched the shit out of him.”
She didn’t have to ask why, and she felt overcome by guilt. It really was a cruel thing to say. That he envied Logan’s freedom. Logan hadn’t chosen his “freedom.”
Becca haddied.
She’d left a motherless little girl, and Sam would never, ever forget the way Logan had looked that day. Like a monster had savaged his soul and left nothing behind.