Chapter 24

“You’re getting better at taking care of yourself,” Bear observed.

“Yeah, Dr. Harris pointed out what an adolescent I’d become. Quit stalling. What’s going on?” Reed demanded.

“Brian woke me early. Jim called him last night, he was frightened. We were…well Brian took fifteen minutes to call back.”

“You were pounding Brian into the mattress, I presume. Jim is okay or you would have called me last night, right?” A bit of trepidation crept into Reed’s voice.

“Yeah. He’s okay. Brian called back and Jim said it was nothing. But Brian was upset, big time upset. We’ve got to keep an eye on him or Brian’s going to be crazed.”

“Can’t you get him to stay with you?” Reed asked.

“What do I tell him, that Brian’s got a bad feeling about this creep? That I’m running a full blown investigation on his boyfriend? Jim would blow his top over the invasion of his privacy. He has to come to us.”