“Oh… okay,” he replied, smiling. A short relieved laugh escaped his lips, but he immediately stopped it. “Um… okay. Okay, I’m just saying okay. Alright. Look, I’m not the easiest guy to know. When I first met Chris, he and I had arguments over religion. For Tara, I found her too… liberal, I guess. I never would have thought that after a year they would be my two best friends.