Amir’s urge to vomit returned.
What do we do if Declan won’t accept help?Amir wrote to Hayden.
The message pending bubble lingered and vanished and returned. Amir wiped his eyes with the back of his hand.
Then Jae needs to get out of there.
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To Amir’s relief, Jae joined the rest of the Pride Riders for their pre-Thanksgiving weekend outing, and he came alone. Hayden and Noelle were talking to him when Ken pulled into a parking space, and from their relaxed postures Amir guessed that Hayden had been less confrontational and was trying to ease the subject into their conversation. It was good that Noelle was there as well. She was Hayden’s second cousin and had been part of Hayden’s recovery team when he realized he had crashed through rock bottom and was spiraling out of control.