Chapter 84

His appearance reminded me of the day we met, when the kids had pushed him into the street and he’d almost been run over by a car. That air of dejection, the pain that had radiated off Beebub then was damnnear the same now, minus the tears. Though he looked like he might cry any second now. It hurt my heart.

Whatever the problems between us, I couldn’t stand to see him standing there so…broken.

I shooed away everyone and stood before him. “Beebub…are you all right?”

He hitched up a shoulder but said nothing, his brown eyes dull when he looked up at me briefly before glancing away. And Marlene hadn’t said anything, as usual. That woman…

“Come on. We’ll go into my office.” I turned to go, and startled when he grabbed my hand as I led the way through the curious crowd. Gosh, didn’t they have anything better to do but gawk?