Page 36 of Traitor


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I look at Callum, who has one arm around me as he rubs me over my arms.

Some fears seem a little less scary.

Callum

Echo decided to press charges against the asshole that stalked him to another state. Thank fucking god. I still can't believe this is real life, but this kind of thing can happen to anyone. Our fame does not exempt us or increase the chances.

My jealous mind still runs no matter how hard I try to quiet it. I don't entertain my irrational thoughts, though I've never been so angry in my life.

Rage simmers under my skin every time I remember the fear in Echo's pretty eyes. It sickens me, I never want to see him like that again.

"Have you seen the video?" Kellen asks.

"What video?" I grumble, joining him on the couch.

I'm trying my best to not take out my anger on everyone, but I'm still a bit prickly.

"Well, there's multiple videos. Different angles. Look." he hands me his phone.

Sure enough, a video plays on screen, the traumatic events of the night before except I'm watching myself during it. It's like manual dissociation.

"People are shipping you guys."

"They already did that. Some people ship the twins." I roll my eyes.

"Nah man, like us." he says referring to him and Oliver. Who's absent due to his presence at a mall, or wherever the other guys went.

"What's our ship name?"

"CalEcho. I think it's really taken off." he smirks.

I'm searching the word before he's done speaking. It's no where near kelliver level, but my eyes widen at the amount of photo and video edits. Fans sure do work fast.

There's an edit of me saving him followed by early interview clips and anything else they can find. It's harder to ship us I guess, since Echo made it a point to loathe me.

"Wow."

"I know right? I'll never forget when I first looked into kelliver. Mind blown."

"Anyway, there's video evidence everywhere along with thousands of witnesses, you think that will help Echo's case?"

"I don't know." I've been on the phone all morning.

With the cops, our manager, our lawyer and anyone else who got my number thanks to this ordeal.

Echo deferred it all to me since he said he just wants to move on as best he can. He did press charges out of fear, I think. None of us want Sherman to return. I found out his name because of all of this.

What a fucking loser.

The rest of the guys enter the room, back from wherever Oliver and Scout took Echo to help him feel better. I stand.

"I think we should sue." I say to Echo. He sits down on a chair and Scout joins Kellen on the couch. Oliver shows his fiance everything he bought while they were out.

"What happened to hello?"

"Hi," I say moving in front of him "I think we should sue."

"I already told you Callum, no. I barely want this. I just want to move on without fear."

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