Chapter 79 - Lies

I see the look that both Knox and Merrick exchange after looking at their phones. They think I’m too far gone in the aftermath of our little session, that I’m not going to notice, and I pretend that I don’t. Acting as though nothing is wrong, they stay with me a while longer until they believe that I’m sleeping and then they both sneak out of the room together.

If they want to leave me out of things, then I will take it upon myself to figure out what’s going on. I quickly grab my robe and hurry out after them, keeping my distance, so they don’t catch me. I continue to follow them all the way down to the south wing, and I begin to worry that maybe something is wrong with my mother, but they never stop at her door, they continue on until they get to the end of the hall.

As I inch closer, I hear Merrick’s cocky voice, “Sorry, buddy. We were a little busy.”

“Fuck you, I know exactly what you were doing, fuckers!” Jory’s voice surprises the shit out of me, and I jerk back. I thought he w