“Who the fuck stole your cookie?” Declan asked as he slid into the chair beside Jonathon. Despite his friends’ new relationship statuses, they still made time to have a boys’ night as often as they could. The girls had their own version that usually ended up with them far drunker than the boys, all except Chloe who had abstained due to her burgeoning pregnancy…which was no more.

“How’s life as a dad?” Jonathon asked, pushing aside his dark thoughts.

Declan’s ...