#Chapter 67: Dogging Footsteps

"I can't believe it was that easy," Liam gasps, wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. He, Marcus, and Evelyn are sitting at a back table in a quiet bar, where Marcus is relaying the details of his set up to the others over mugs of beer. "I can," Evelyn says, also wiping her face. "Honestly, they deserve each other." "They do," Liam says. "I'm just in awe that Marcus was able to be so smooth and sneaky about it. With instant results! My man, you truly are a genius." He raises his glass to Marcus in a toast, and Evelyn follows. Marcus laughs, and clinks his glass with theirs. Right now, at this moment, he feels completely relaxed and happy. HIs best friend and his…well, "girlfriend" seems a tad juvenile, and not at all the right word to express how he feels about Evelyn. Not the time to dwell on that, now. His best friend and his Evelyn, he amends in his head. The two people closest to him, the two he trusts most in the world, next to his father. The two people who can alwa