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“I’m not going anywhere.”
“Elias…” he warned.
“You threatened to shoot me, Ez. I believe you’ll do it. She’s gone. You made her leave. What the fuck do you expect me to do? I’m not going anywhere.”
Lie.
Lie.
Lie.
This was the game. Say whatever I needed to say to get them to leave me the hell alone.
“Elias.” He tried one more time and I shook my head.
“I’m not going anywhere.”
His eyes remained on me and I exhaled sharply. It hurt like hell. “I’m not and give me my phone.”
“For what?”
“Because I need to make sense of this shit.”
He hesitated but nodded sharply and walked toward me handing it over. A compromise I was sure.
“There’s an explanation.”
There is and she’s going to give it to me.
“I know.”
“Do you?”
“I do. Call somebody and we can talk this shit out. I know I need help right now. I feel it. I’m not right, Ez. That wasn’t me out there. I see that now. I hear you.”
Lies.
Lies.
Lies.
Five minutes. That was all I needed to get out of here. As soon as he turned his back, I would be gone.
I needed answers,tonight.
And I was going to get them.
“I’ll be right back.” He didn’t want to leave. He didn’t trust me to do the right thing.
I didn’t trust him either so I guessed that made us even.
As soon as he was out of sight, I got one last text.
Another photo.
Him walking into her apartment.
A calm settled over me instead of rage.
