Page 338 of Good Boys Don’t Bite

“What?”

“Don’t turn what I said into that.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t know what’s wrong with you.”

Elliot almost smiled.

“That’s comforting.”

“I mean it.”

Ronan stepped closer.

“You’re capable of things I still don’t understand. That doesn’t mean I’m going to sit here and diagnose you because you killed people.”

“Vance would love that quote.”

“Fuck Vance.”

Elliot smiled. There. Tiny. Ronan continued.

“You made choices.”

“Yes.”

“Saint may have encouraged those choices.”

“Yes.”

“Both can be true.”

Elliot looked away.

“That makes it worse.”

“For who?”

“Me.”

Ronan frowned.

“Why?”

“Because if Saint influenced anything, then I wasn’t in control.”

There. Of course. Control. Always. Ronan understood.

“You’d rather be completely responsible for five murders than admit someone manipulated you.”

Elliot looked at him.

“Yes.”

Ronan laughed softly.

“That is so fucking you.”