Chapter 57

Nathan called after him, “And wash your hands!” realizing as he did so how much he sounded like a watchful mother.

Then Nathan was alone with Sasha and he took small comfort in that. His main priority had to be making sure that Sasha was okay. Half the time, Nathan still worried he might say or do something to make his friend bolt.

“How you doing, bab—” Nathan literally bit his tongue, “buddy,” he amended, hoping Sasha hadn’t noticed his slip. “You holding up okay? I know this is weird, but you’re not having any doubts about trusting us anymore, are you? Jim didn’t scare you in the car or anything?” Nathan grinned as he crouched down in front of Sasha.