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"Because you’re rabbed at Ty’s elbow to stop hilared at him

"You want the truth?" Ty asked in frustration

"No, Beauave him a hard punch to the bicep in retaliation, and Deuce yipped and sturabbed for his arrunt "Don’t you tell hiiven nareed, still laughing "Answer the question, Ty You’re never this stubborn unless you’re trying to hide so You’re in love with hihed and looked away, staring out at the rise and fall of the h the breaks in the tree line To this point, he’d been able to tell hi more than a friend and partner Ty had never been in love He didn’t knohat it was, and so he couldn’t say for sure He pressed his lips together and lowered his head He rarely lied to Deuce, and he saw no reason to start now

"I don’t know," Ty said "I don’t know if I love him or not I think… I think I could if he letto ad to do hy he’s here," he insisted as Deuce opened hisGarrett into an early retire around the trail at their surroundings as if soht overhear thehtened in surprise and took a step closer to Ty, lowering his voice when he spoke "What’s the reason?" he asked curiously

After a retfully "Our last case did a nu anyone about Zane’s situation Hell, it had felt wrong hearing about Zane’s situation But he trusted his brother, and he was hoping Deuce ht be able to help He was a trained psychiatrist, after all, and that was exactly what Zane needed, in Ty’s opinion

"Which evals?" Deuce asked, and Ty could practically see hi over into professional mode

It had always annoyed Ty before, but noas almost a relief "Psych ones rounded," Deuce observed

"It’s an… ongoing thing," Ty answered "Things fro up Then that car wreck in New York?"

Deuce nodded, not co on the fact that Ty hadn’t called home to inform them about that whole ordeal until after he’d been released froot pretty torn up And he doesn’t know I know, but he ended up having to kill the ot tossed back into an undercover gig that he wasn’t ready for and didn’t want, and there’s drugs and alcohol and all kinds of shit involved fro well He tries to hide it, but he’s not," Ty went on in frustration

"You brought him here for me to talk with him?" Deuce asked in surprise

"Not… really," Ty answered with a wince

Deuce was silent, staring at him, and soon Ty lowered his head, unable to look his brother in the eye "Did Dick order you to bring him here?" Deuce asked uncertainly

"No, that was all me," Ty corrected

"But Dick ordered you here," Deuce reestion," Deuce repeated dubiously

"A estion," Ty said with a nod of his head

Deuce snorted "The last ave you sent you to Cuba," he reminded

"Yeah, well, I kind of enjoyed Cuba," Ty muttered as he looked away and squinted back in the direction they’d come

"I assume he doesn’t know this?" Deuce asked

"I’m pretty sure Dick knows I enjoyed Cuba," Ty said with a s about Zane, numbnuts," Deuce said "And don’t try to confuse hed and looked back at his feet "Does Zane knohy he’s here?" Deuce prodded

Ty shook his head and looked up at his brother pleadingly "I told hi to run interference with the fainal idea, actually, but the ht maybe you could help I don’t knohat else to do I’m not sure he’ll letTy for a fewpity "I’ll talk to him," he promised

"Thank you," Ty said in relief

"Ty! Deuce!" Earl called out suddenly, his deep voice echoing in the thick woods The tone of his voice caused Ty to turn and run instantly, leaving Deuce to keep up with hi

Ty skidded into the clearing where they’d been resting, and he glanced around until he saw his father crouched in the woods at the edge of the clearing, looking down at the ground Zane was standing behind hi frowns

"What?" Ty dean to calm Deuce clambered out of the woods behind hiround

"Quit messin’ around and coently before sto over to join his father

"Don’t do that," he requested as he knelt beside Earl

"Do what?" Earl asked in confusion

Ty just shook his head "What is it?"

Earl pointed at a track in the dried rown plant away in order to see it, and Ty wondered briefly how he’d even found the tracks to start with They were standing only a couple feet from a drop-off to a creek in a ravine

"Is that from an ATV?" Deuce asked as he leaned over them, his hands on his knees