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His eyes, though. They were more than alert and filled with rage, pain, and sorrow.
Something that I saw in my own eyes a time or two lately.
“Hayes relayed my last known location,” Malachi said. “A place that he heard though he thought it
might’ve been a hallucination. The SEAL team that brought him out went to investigate and found me.”
“And obliterated the threat once and for all,” the commander added as an afterthought.
“Why weren’t you mentioned when we were told about Hayes?” I asked curiously. “Why not just
tell me you were alive? You look like you’ve been out for a couple of days at least.”
Malachi shook his head. “I had a raging fever. Shit wasn’t good in my head. They were… I was
on suicide watch. It was only after the fever subsided that I was able to debrief. Once that was done, I asked to come home. To find you.”
He rubbed his face as if he was trying to clear his mind. “There’s a lot more, I’m sure. But what is this about the cops that we heard on the way over here? Tim has an in with a few people. When we
were trying to find you, we were told that you were out on bail for murder.”
I told him, the commander, Tim and everybody else what I’d learned in the last twenty-four hours,
not leaving a single thing out.
Because honestly, I was so fucking tired of other people dictating my life.
I wanted to goddamn live it.
I didn’t want to play any games anymore.
Not only had I been held as a prisoner of war for over a year, but I also had to deal with this shit when I came home?
Yeah, this was a fuckin’ joke for sure.
“I…”
A polite knock sounded at the door.
We all swiveled our heads to find the repaired door swaying on its hinges.
It was repaired, just not very well.
Ember—my mom—got up to answer it, but my father pulled her back down and answered it
himself.
I, as well as everyone else in the room, was surprised to find the detective who’d questioned me
the majority of the time today and yesterday at the door.
He was looking quite sheepish.
“Um,” he said at seeing the room full of people. “Uhhh.” He licked his lips. “I’ve come to offer an apology.”
Malachi stood as well as me.
Frankie was soon to follow.
