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of the business cards from the counter and turned it over in his hand. “I was just wondering. It seems awfully fast for you to be in a relationship already….”
    “What do you want, Spencer?” Will asked, his temper quickly running out.
    “I just want to talk to you. I miss you.”
    “You have no right to miss me. You walked out on me, remember?”
    “I didn’t. You kicked me out,” Spencer argued, the petulance rolling off him in waves. Will wondered if he’d been blind to Spencer’s immaturity when they’d been together. Now that the rose-colored glasses were off, Will had a difficult time seeing what he’d ever found attractive in Spencer in the first place.
    “Semantics, Spencer.”
    “You never gave me a chance to explain myself. It didn’t mean anything with him—it was just sex. I love you. I still love you, Will. Please, give me another chance. I want us back.” There was a deep sadness etched into Spencer’s expression.
    “It doesn’t matter what your intention was. The point is that you cheated. You broke the trust, and when it happened, I didn’t know if we could ever get that back. Now, I don’t want to try. It’s not going to happen. I don’t love you anymore.”
    “Come on, baby. You don’t mean that. I know you don’t. Why don’t you send the twink home and you and me can go upstairs and I’ll remind you exactly what you’ve been missing for the last few months.”
    Will’s temper boiled over the edge, spilling down the sides and hurling him into a fit of rage.
    “I want you to listen closely so you can get it through your thick skull, Spencer. I don’t love you. It’s not going to happen. For the first time in years, I’m actually happy, and a lot of that has to do with no longer being with you. We were done months ago, and we’re still done.”
    Spencer’s eyes, which had widened with each of Will’s declarations, looked as though the tears were going to spill at any moment. Spencer clamped his mouth shut, turned on his heels, and stormed out.
    Will exhaled, letting the venom seep out with his breath as the door closed behind the worst mistake he’d ever made. He turned around to head to the back to find Milo, but before he could process what was happening, he was wrapped in Milo’s tight hold, Milo pressing a gentle kiss against his temple.
    Will’s head swam, his emotions pulled in warring directions. Milo won out over the rage he felt for Spencer. Pushing his ex from his mind, he concentrated on pulling Milo as tightly against him as he could.
    “Are you okay?” Milo asked.
    “I am. I wish that chapter of my life would just be finished already.”
    “You don’t want to get back together with him?” Milo asked gently. “He sounded pretty torn up.”
    Will pulled back to see if Milo had somehow sustained a head injury in the brief time he’d been gone.
    “Are you crazy? Actually, I think I might be the crazy one. I don’t know what I was thinking ever being with him. I should have known there was something going on, and maybe in some way I did, but I just didn’t want to see it. I was living in this neutral space of homeostasis and I was totally blind to what a douche he is.”
    “So you’re happier without him?”
    “Infinitely.”
    “Will… I have something I need to—”
    Milo’s serious tone was cut off by the sound of the phone ringing. Will shot him an apologetic look.
    “Hold that thought,” he said, crossing the space behind the counter to retrieve the phone.
    “Bloom Box, this is Will.”
    “Hi, Will, it’s Walt.”
    “How are you? How’s Victor?”
    “We’re both hanging in there, keeping a positive outlook. It’s tough some days, but if Victor only has a limited time left, we don’t want to spend it wallowing together.”
    Will’s heart broke a little then, imagining what his life would be like without the man he loved. He knew he loved Milo. He’d known for a while.
    “Listen, I’ve got some good news for you,” Walt