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To Shannon, all I could say was that ere beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel Eric and Ghost were getting closer, even though it didn’t feel like it all the time

“As long as you’re being safe,” was Shan’s usual response He didn’t want any details, which hy he didn’t actually knoere holding two Italians prisoner He didn’t knoere getting our intel, and he didn’t want to

“Did it ever occur to you that if you knew ot more involved—you wouldn’t be so worried?” I asked

He nodded slowly and druainst the back of the couch “I do tend to worry about worst-case scenarios these days, but getting ed to put a lid on in ht now, Kellan My e”

That made sense

“You’ve been feeling worse lately, though,” I pointed out “So” I reached for my smokes and a Coke on the table

He gri behindabout you and Finn, for that matter”

I waited him out and mirrored his position in the side his, and ankles crossed Then I lit up a cigarette and moved the ashtray closer on the table

“Actually, it has everything to do with you,” he said with a soft, humorless chuckle And he shook his head, visibly frustrated with himself for some reason “I fear I’ve formed an unhealthy attachment to you, Kellan”

Say that again?

He cleared his throat and scrubbed a hand over his jaw “Logic tells me I need to move back downstairs and create a daily structure around my own life, not sit on the sidelines of yours and obsess over when you’re co home”

He couldn’t ot that he needed the structure and whatever, but he couldn’t leave I wasn’t ready I wanted him here, with me, so I could keep an eye on him and…just have him close to me

“It’sout the words Forcing hi about you often, wanting to get to know the man you’ve become—”