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"Did you check your bloodstrea behind his ear

Trey was instantly in his face "You took theive hi with you?" Brian said

"There’s nothing wrong with azes with Trey "Why don’t you tell Brian how many pills you took today?"

"Give me my fkin’ pills, Sed"

Sed lifted his hips off the sofa and pulled the bottle from his pocket Trey tried to snatch it from his hand, but Sed held it firmly "This label says you’re supposed to take four pills a day A ht, Trey? Do you even know?"

Trey grabbed Sed’s wrist and tried to wrestle the bottle out of his hand When that didn’t work, he took Sed’s little finger and bent it back viciously "Ow, das then" Sed released the bottle into Trey’s custody

"That wasn’t funny" Trey took several shuddering breaths through his nose as he tried to regain his composure "You don’t understand my pain You don’t understand"

Sed’s heart twisted He knew Trey was hurting, but it wasn’t the kind of pain that Percocet would help "How many pills have you taken today, Trey?"

"I don’t know," he yelled, "six or seven"

"Six?" Sed shook his head "Try sixteen"

Trey scowled "Hoould you know?"

"I counted theo"

"I dropped sos… and I… they…"

He spun on his heel and headed to the bedroo to buffer the sound of his frustrated scream

"Jesus Christ, Sed, you are such an ass" Brian stood from the sofa and walked to the end of the hall Myrna watched her husband pass the dining table, obviously dumbfounded by the entire scene Jessica sat across fro stray tears from her eyes with the back of her hand

Brian knocked on the bedroom door

"Go away!" Trey yelled

"Trey, it’s Brian Let me in" He waited patiently for several minutes Eventually, the door opened and Brian slipped inside

"Why are you so hard on hih?"