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“That’s nice” His and Carla’s kid would be just over ten years old by now, if she’d lived long enough

He would have loved to have been a father “You’re the first one of all of us to have a kid Congratulations, Axton You always did get everything first”

“Is he always like this?” Taylor asked

“No It’s worse on the anniversary”

“Fuck you,” Easton said He sat up, feeling the world spin but not enough to make him sit down “You think you know me? You think you knohat true pain is all about? At least you’re getting to see your child born Me? I didn’t get to do anything about it That pleasure was torn frorab him when he did, he’d be on his ass

The alcoholan effect

“So don’t try to tell !”

“You’re drinking yourself into oblivion because of guilt, Easton I’ else, because it’s not You feel guilty over what happened, and you’ve got other reasons Reasons you’re not even ready to tell any of us”

“Fuck you!” He growled the words as he tried to hit Axton, but it didn’t work

Axton o, and he collapsed to the floor

Karson and Romeo finally stepped into his office

“Why don’t you just leave him to pass out?” Romeo asked

“I’ot an apartet back to it,” Axton said “We’re all in this together”

“Yeah, but one of us right now is a fucking bu his drunk ass all over the place,” Karson said

Easton rolled onto his back “I didn’t ask any of you here I was quite happy not dealing with any of you fuckers, so leave me alone” His stomach started to turn

He didn’t roll over fast enough before he began to vomit

At first, he choked, but then his friends didn’t give hi hi him throw up on the carpet