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guru at this point. If he got a message from Heath, she was shooing him out the door. He’d only taken her up on it once more in the week since Heath had come home, and they’d had more mind blowing sex. Cary had never been with someone quite so toppy and it could easily become an addiction for him.
    But Heath was also good company. After last time they had sex, they’d once again spent a while just talking about nothing of importance, drinking a beer, and enjoying looking at the ocean. He’d never felt quite so free as he did enjoying his friendship with Heath. He was a little bummed it couldn’t go any further, but he understood Heath’s reasons. And Heath was a nice guy. But seriously…
    “I’m taking my child to hang out with my fuck buddy.”
    “ Stop being ridiculous. He is a nice man and you are not introducing him as anything other than a friend. Gus already knows him, anyway. It’s not like you are always with a new boyfriend, rotating man after man in front of him.”
    He snorted. “No doubt. This is the first person he’ll ever be around that I’ve even kissed.”
    “Which has not been many since that man left.” That man being Marshall. She’d actually met Cary through Marshall, his veterinary clinic being the shelter’s go to clinic until he’d up and left town. And Cary. She had swooped right in, offering to rent him the other half of her duplex. She’d been angry for her animals being abandoned, and having grown so close to Cary, was fierce in her anger on his behalf as well.
    “ You’re right. But I should really back off. He has become someone I talk to, a friend of sorts. I should stop with the benefits part because I really suck.”
    A mischievous smile curled her lips. “Is that not the point?”
    Cary guffawed, tossing a dog treat at her. “That’s not what I meant. I meant I have a crush.”
    “ Well, you’re a grown up. You’re allowed to enjoy yourself so long as it is not affecting the well-being of your child, and you are so very responsible with him. There is no harm in enjoying this crush so long as you remind yourself it will go no further than that. You are a smart man. Don’t over think.”
    She was right. He was being ridiculous. He certainly wasn’t in love and Lord knew Heath may be a go to guy for good sex and beer at the beach, maybe a night at the bar with buddies, but you didn’t marry guys like Heath. Heath worked hard so he was rarely home, and played harder so he wouldn’t stay home. And Cary had to admit, the whole bisexual thing was still a niggle for him. He hated feeling that way, but any time Heath mentioned a woman he’d previously been with, Cary felt a little burst of anxiety. He knew it was for no good reason and he didn’t think being bisexual made the guy some sort of cheating jerk. But it was an insecurity on his part, plain and simple.
    And why was he even worrying about whether the guy was cheating, be it with woman or another man? Nothing about what they were doing was exclusive.
    “ Daddy! Look!” Gus’s voice brought Cary’s attention back to where he was. His son and Celine’s daughter Savannah were coming in from the kennels. They both looked far worse for wear, sweaty and dirty. Cary had no idea how Savannah was wearing her usual black jeans and black t-shirt and not melting when it was over a hundred degrees outside.
    Gus toddled over to the chair Cary was sitting in and struggled to climb in his lap. Cary knew better than to assist, though. Gus was at that stage where he’d get the old, “No daddy, I do it.”
    “He just had to come show you,” Savannah drawled. Typical teenager, put out by the heat and being run to death by Gus. She could put on all she wanted, they all knew she adored the little boy.
    “ What you got there?” Cary asked when Gus had finally settled on his lap. He held out his hands and waited for Savannah to settle a newborn puppy in his hands. Gus was thrilled with the little thing. Cary helped him