A pang of guilt struck Steve like a swift kick to the back of the head- something he too was familiar with and suddenly he couldn’t stop himself.
“Henderson. You’re going to hate me for saying this, but I’m glad it was Eddie over you . . .
I didn’t know Eddie like you did, »
But do you really think that he would want you to go down the path that you’re going?” Another exhale left him. Who was he to try and parent Dustin?
Who was he anything to Dustin at all?
“Eddie did what he did to protect you and what are you doing with that second chance? »
A loud exhale left the older male.
“I called you enough times that we couldn’t wait any longer, so we had to go it without you and shit hit the fan . . .”
Course Steve knew that Dustin was struggling since Eddie, but what could he do when he got shut out just as much as »
Everyone else was? It wasn’t like anything he said would even get through when Dustin had all that anger welling up inside him.
“Look, I just stopped by to check on you and drop of your walkie talkie. I’ll get out of your hair so you can do whatever it is that you’re going to »
God there was that attitude again.
Ever since . . .
Dustin had such a shift in personality and it seemed that everyone was a target for the hostility that left his lips.
“Right. I forgot, you’re doing this whole macho thing these days.” Steve quipped back setting down one »
Maybe Dustin just wasn’t paying attention to just how much knocking Steve had been doing at the door, or maybe Steve’s concern got the better of him and he’d simply found his way through an open window—
Remind him to point out how unsafe that is at a later time.
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