L

nd yet, I couldn't get

han said from his seat in my offic

"Just the unfortunate incident that led me to th

ith a raised brow, a

njury," I said. I turned away, and faced the sprawling skyline o

snipped the end wi

at there was a boy," he said,

fr

was a boy. And what does th

ng up and holding his pal

nd then just shook my head, no

We have more importan

eave the room but Cathan st

ave was

--

ck to the

han's back

, Cathan never hesitated to make his disple

pen, without security? Reck

ospital's pitiful state hit

t lights, the faint but distinct odo

rked

ind, a cancerous thing I did

, I did. And I made a promise to myself t

eone clawed its way up the depths of my memory. I began to turn my back t

rls caught my eye and my body froze b

mber of times those golden curls had

f my mind seem just a little less suffocatin

n't go

appear into the night, his eyes found

wav

e in return, but I caught myself, dropping

Louis made his way toward me, his meek form ca

help with you

t where he'd pressed a towel to my bleeding side, days ago-his poor, a

hing so trivial as a knife wound. But then again, he didn't know

li

I was in pain. I mean, pain did course through me, but I'

go get the nurs

N

gh the run-down lobby,

inched s

k I can manage," I added more so

, uncertain, but

. but that looks really bad t

o. It's a goddamn knife w

his worry, gave a nod and turned away, walking calm

door slammed shut b

ing wheel until my

him-this boy, this brok

cept

restimated my at

d repeatedly against the wheel, hoping the sha

did

ed my not-so-silent tantrum. It was C

ns were really strung high at the moment and

e point. No sugarcoating. I wasn't fazed. Cathan

ed to s

le

y, his voice tight with disappointment. He let out a h

ly my heart, ever since I made the fatal mistake

hy

carried an entire arsenal

h

uestion for a while now but I

id harshly. "I'm not going th

him again. Couldn't let these feelin

ut his clipped tone be

s eyes on the phone, like he always did

subject. There were better things to talk about like the pe

ly grateful at the change of subject. He was always hap

d your go-ahead. Once we move, the Red

ay to get rid of the family that has been a pain in my family's ass for years now. But for som

vertheless, they were a powerful famil

erns known to

said. "I'll have a new dr

r most discrete spies to wat

bastard to trace but like all men, he had a weakness

e doted on

it was a crack we could

specific time. A time that we w

rized. But even as I tossed my phone aside, Louis' face bled into my mind a

bigger thin

's dow

amily'

and sped into the nig

t feel for

ory of those sad, searchin