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Chapter 83 - Tensions

The tension in the air was palpable as McCarthy helped Gerald remove the bullet from his shoulder. Gerald's earlier actions had left McCarthy reeling, and he knew he needed answers.

"Why did you do that? I trusted you. You could have just told me if you didn't want to go and I could have done it myself, or I might have stopped. But I needed this, I needed it so much. Can't you see things are going down in my life? It's been almost a month since I checked on my pregnant girlfriend. Oh, did I tell you she drugged me with a sex booster for me to sleep with her? There! I have no secret again so tell me what you're hiding from me?" McCarthy asked, his voice laced with a mixture of anger and confusion.

Gerald winced as McCarthy probed the wound, the pain evident on his face as he bled. "I had no choice, please. Your mother asked me to and…I just don't know why he didn't want you to meet that woman." he replied, his words barely above a whisper.