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Fuck, I’d struggled with it anyway, but my jealousy had dissolved when Eli had chosen to sit next to me rather than on his family’s side

It had been nearly an hour since the shoith Jack in the ER waiting rooet Eli back in my arms after Dom had held him and murmured softly to hiain as Barrettis had started showing up one right after the other And while I’d lost track of ho after a while, I’d watched some of the tension ease out of Eli as each person had held hiotten the news that Brennan had survived the surgery and was expected to o see his friend for hi first so that he could get all the facts he needed to deal with the two dead bodies in Eli’s apartment He’d already had a patrol car take Jack down to the precinct to be booked for sexual assault At some point, Declan would need to talk to Caleb, but he’d already agreed to hold off until the following day to give Caleb some time to recover from the events of the afternoon I kneould be difficult for the young man since he would not only need to recount the details of his own sexual abuse, but he’d also have to share the details of his brother’s death and their father’s role in it

“Mr Wheland,” Declan said as he glanced at his note pad “I understand you were the first one to arrive at Eli’s apartment?”

Me I had to hide a smile when Ronan kicked him under the table Memphis sent him a dark look, but then turned his attention back to Declan “Yes, I was the first one to arrive at Eli’s apartment”

When he didn’t say anything else, Declan said, “Would you care to expand on that?”

“No-”

“Yes,” Ronan interrupted “Yes, he would”

Memphis leaned back in his seat like he didn’t have a care in the world and that he hadn’t just been involved in a double killing

“When Ronan told me Jack Cortano was possibly on his way to Seattle, I decided to sit on Eli’s place to see if he showed up there”

“What were you planning to do if he did?”

“Have a chat with hih it sounded more like a question than a statement

“Cut the shit, asshole,” Cade snapped, but he fell quiet when Dom put his hand out

“What happened when you got to the apartment?” Declan asked

“I got to the apart I watched him take it into the apartunshot”