“You are so damn easy.” Cash let out a howl, eyes sparkling. “Too damn easy. No wonder you can’t figure out what to do,” he mumbled under his breath. “You’re too busy creating your spreadsheets so you can study them.” Another howl and then “Human relationships do not require spreadsheets or heavy analysis.” He balled a hand into a fist, placed it over his heart. “It’s all about feeling and going with your gut. You either feel it or you don’t. It’s either there or it isn’t.” Pause and a soft “And it’s not there with Delaney.”
“Thanks for the analysis.” Deep down, Will knew he was right. It wasn’t there…it had never been there, and casual compatibility was not a reason to plan a future with someone.
His friend’s next words scorched his brain. “Not like it was with Melanie.”
“And what’s your point?” He didn’t wait for Cash to respond because he already knew where this was heading. “Are you going to drown me with advice like give her another chance? Try again? There’s nobody like her and there never will be? Every other woman is a fake compared to her?” Will tried to shut down his emotions, but they spewed out like a gusher. “You’re lost without her, and you haven’t been the same since you split up? Or how about the real heart breaker? It’s always been her?” He sucked in a deep breath, blew it out and finished with “It will never be anyone else but her no matter how much you deny it?”
Five seconds ticked by, then ten before Cash placed his half-eaten chicken wing on his plate, eyed Will. “I was just going to ask if you liked her new haircut.”
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