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Tony couldn’t believe his eyes. Was that really Delilah making out with another guy? His first instinct was to tell McGee immediately, but then he realized that could backfire.
He didn’t want to be the messenger who gets shot for delivering bad news. He took a photo for proof just in case McGee didn’t believe him. Honesty was the best policy, but that didn’t mean that people recognized honesty when you used it.
The next day at work, Tony tried to find a good time to tell McGee about Delilah, but every time he thought he had an opening something happened and it slipped away. Finally, he decided that work wasn’t the right place for this conversation and invited McGee to come over after work. He still had no idea what he was going to say to McGee when McGee showed up at his door that evening.
Finally, over dinner McGee got tired of the silence. “What’s this about, Tony?”
Tony stared at McGee and finally blurted, “I don’t know how to say this gently, so I’m going to be succinct. I saw Delilah making out with another guy.”
“What? Delilah isn’t even in this country.”
Tony pulled out his phone and opened the gallery, pulling up the photo to show McGee.
McGee’s jaw dropped as he stared at the picture. “We’re planning to get married. How can she do this to me?”
“I don’t know, Tim.”
Tim stood up, shaking his head in an attempt to clear it from the daze he felt. “Thanks for telling me, Tony.”
Tony watched McGee walk out the door of his apartment and hoped he’d be alright. Sometimes he hated being honest, but in this case he knew it was for the best.