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My senses piqued while I heard him moving toward the kitchen but his footfalls quieted a few seconds later.
“The way he’s behaving is dangerous for us. It’s unpredictable and that’s not good considering what we need to accomplish. Pushing him might prove to be a mistake that we’ll have to rectify quickly.”
The muscles in my body locked tight and I started heading in the direction of his voice but Ez didn’t see me right away because his back was to me.
“I will not let him ruin this. If he continues acting erratically then we’ll do whatever necessary.”
“Who are you talking to?” My voice was a low growl that had my brother turning in my direction. He frowned hard, keeping his eyes on mine when he addressed the caller.
“Let me call you back. Yeah, I understand.”
“You gonna answer me?”
“Christian.”
Christian.
He had been with Cress earlier. What had she told him? Why the fuck were they talking about me?
“Is he asking you to watch me?”
I could see the confusion on my brother’s face. “No, why would he?”
“You just said you were watching my movements and they didn’t make sense, that you were concerned.”
“I’m not watching you. I’m watching Samson and so is Christian. He had a meeting with Reid today to clear up some issues between them. Why the fuck would you think I was talking about you? Is there something you’re not telling me?”
“No, I thought I heard my name.” My mind was racing. I hated the lack of trust I currently felt but I knew why I was feeling it. My head hadn’t been level in weeks. It was mild at first but I could tell things had gotten worse.
And so could he.
“You said you had things under control, Lias.”
“I do,” I gritted, glaring at him. He hadn’t done a damn thing wrong but I was still trying hard to simmer the anger building.
The distrust.
The paranoia.
“I don’t think you do.”
“I’m good, Ez. It’s going to take a few days for me to balance. I’m back on my original meds…”
“Days?” he questioned, eyes expressing his disbelief. He knew better and so did I.
Weeks was more like it.
“I’m handling it,” I murmured.
“Elias, if you need help, let me help.”
I inhaled, slowly managing to rein it in. “I don’t. You know how this shit works.”
“Yeah I do.”
“It’s up and down. I’ve had a lot going on but you don’t need to worry. I’m handling it.”
I turned to walk away and he spoke behind me. “But if you feel like you’re not, you’ll let me know, right?”
