Part 2

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"Why does it matter?"

"Because I need to know. Did you ever love me?"

"You know how I feel about love Justin. Why do you keep pressing this?"

"Because I need to know. Because if you never loved me then it was all wasted."

"Believe what you want."

"JUST FUCKING TELL ME BRIAN. YOU OWE ME THAT MUCH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU EVER JUST ONCE IN THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME WE WERE TOGETHER LOVED ME. WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME THAT?"

"LEAVE IT ALONE JUSTIN. Just leave it alone. Don't push me on this."

"Fuck you Brian," Justin walked away from Brian as Lindsay watched. Brian ran across the street and grabbed the young man's arm turning him around forcefully.

"Don't you ever walk away from me again," he said through clenched teeth. "You want the truth, here it is. YES I LOVED YOU. I always loved you. But it didn't matter, you had Ethan and I had nothing to offer you."

"So you just let me go? No matter how I felt about it? You selfish asshole.  Why couldn't you just tell me you loved me? If you had said it just once I would have stayed forever."

"That's why I never told you. You had to go."

"Why? Why push me away if you love me Brian?"

"Because you would get hurt if you stayed with me. And I don't want to be the reason you cry again."

"So you push me into the arms of another man and that makes it all better?"

"Yes."

"Well guess what asshole, it didn't work. I still love you and nothing you do will ever stop me from loving you. You can hurt me over and over and I will still be here. Call me crazy but I want to be with you."

"I don't want to be with you."

"YOU FUCKING LIAR. HOW DARE YOU LIE TO ME. I CAN TAKE YOU PUSHING ME AWAY AND NOT SHOWING ME ANY LOVE BUT TO LIE AND TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITH ME, WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THAT?"

"Calm down Justin."

"You know what Brian,  FUCK YOU," Justin pulled away from him and ran from the building with Brian chasing him. Brian lost him several minutes later and finally stopped running. His mind ran through all the possible places Justin could have gone and he made his first stop at Ethan's. Brian banged loudly on the door yelling for Ethan to answer. The younger man finally opened the door to find Brian yelling at him.

"Where is he? Where the fuck is Justin?"

"How the hell should I know? He left here a month ago and hasn't been back since."

"What? Where has he been staying?"

"I have no idea and frankly, I don't care."

Brian stepped back and started to walk out the door. As he crossed the threshold his anger got the best of him and he turned back to the surprised young man.

"You little bastard. You make him think that life with you would be so damn good and then you just let him leave without even knowing where he went?  I should have done this a long time ago."

Brian caught the young man unaware with a right hook that knocked him off his feet. Bending over him he spat, "You fucking bastard, I should kick the shit out of you for what you did to him. Lucky for you finding Justin is more important right now. Rest assured Violin Boy this is far from over."

Brian stormed from the apartment and ran back out into the night to search for Justin. He spent the next six hours wandering the city looking for him. He checked all the usual spots, Deb's, Emmett's, and Daphne's to no avail. No one had seen or heard from Justin. Two weeks passed without any sign of him and Brian was beginning to get worried. He contacted a private detective and was just about to call out the National Guard when Justin walked into the loft.

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