“It’s like that, is it?” Frankie said, leaning back and crossing one leg over the other. “You like this girl.”

Finn took a deep breath. “Yeah. But it’s complicated.”

“So, uncomplicate it.”

“It’s not that easy.”

“Sure it is,” Frankie said. “If this girl is the one you want, then you do whatever you have to do to get her.”

Finn shook his head in amazement as he looked at his uncle. Frankie was not a committed guy. He was the poster child for one-night stands. The man had never had a serious relationship for the entire length of time that Finn had been old enough to know about such...