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go,” Kade said. “If you don’t finish this story in the next sixty seconds, though, I’m leaving you to fight off Poet’s clown posse on your own.”
    Luke scowled. He was a masterful storyteller under normal circumstances but I was beginning to think this story was a dud. I remembered it being funnier.
    “We went out to dinner and had a lovely time,” Luke said. “We did the same the next night and … well … one thing led to another and we decided to go back to his place. That’s where I got the shock of my life.”
    “He was hairy?” Kade didn’t look impressed with Luke’s tale. “Yup. I’m officially sorry I asked.”
    “It gets funnier,” I said. “Luke was mortified when he saw the amount of hair on this guy’s back … what was his name again, by the way?”
    “Randy,” Luke said, causing Kade and me to snicker in unison.
    “That’s right,” I said, grinning. “We made a lot of randy yeti jokes for days after the event.”
    “What event?” Kade asked. “The dude was hairy and Luke kicked him to the curb.”
    “Actually, the dude was hairy and Luke was so horrified he snuck out of Randy’s house when he was in the bathroom and didn’t even say goodbye,” I clarified.
    “That’s horrible,” Kade said. “You couldn’t even tell him why you were running?”
    “You don’t understand,” Luke argued. “There was enough hair on his back to braid … and not a French braid either. We’re talking an actual ponytail braid.”
    “I don’t know what to say to that,” Kade said. “Mostly because I had no idea there were different types of braids.”
    Luke ignored the dig. “I tried to put the matter behind me and move on but … alas … it was not in the cards.”
    Kade shifted his confused eyes to me. “What am I missing?”
    “Randy didn’t take Luke’s jilting well,” I explained. “He showed up at the circus – we still had two nights in town – and asked what the problem was. It seems he had some … um … codependency issues.
    “Luke tried to be nice and lied,” I continued. “He said he thought he would get too attached to Randy and because we were scheduled to leave town he didn’t want to take things to the next level and then be upset when he was forced to leave Randy.”
    “Okay.” Kade rubbed his chin. “What happened then?”
    “Randy refused to go away,” Luke answered. “He showed up during my weekend show and yelled out when I was on the trapeze. He caused me to miss my grab … which never happens … and I fell in front of a packed crowd.”
    “Almost never,” I clarified. “It happened that night.”
    “I will cut your hair in your sleep if you’re not careful,” Luke threatened. “Anyway, he caused me to miss my grab and I kind of lost it and … well … I told him the truth.”
    I snorted. “He told him that Bigfoot would demand a wax before touching him with the Abominable Snowman’s ten-foot pole.”
    Kade finally cracked a smile. “I see. How did Randy take that?”
    “He started crying and fled,” I replied. “That made Luke feel bad … for exactly one hour.”
    “What happened then?” Kade asked, curious despite himself. “Did Randy do something horrible?”
    “He did,” Luke confirmed, bobbing his head. “He did the worst thing imaginable.”
    “Did he kill himself?” Kade asked, worried.
    I shook my head. “It wouldn’t be a funny story if something like that happened.”
    “Okay, I’m losing my patience,” Kade said. “What did Randy do?”
    I bit the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing, ultimately failing as a snicker bubbled up. “He … .”
    “Oh, let me,” Luke said. “He showed up outside of my trailer and dumped a bag of … something … on the front walk. He started screaming about doing it for me and loving me more than anything. He said we belonged together and he would do anything to make sure we were happy. He made such a scene that security had to drag him off. It was only after that