Chapter 49- Is this goodbye?

Zander frowned. “Joey is here in Scotland?”

Elvie nodded. “Yes, he flew over to talk to me face to face.”

“About…?”

“About something, um—he is going to visit his shrink again, he said he is sick again."

“Is he using drugs again, Elvie?”

“I'm not sure, but he said he didn't do drugs anymore.”

“And you believe him?”

“Yes.” Elvie groaned. “He is my brother, Zander, I can't let him down, and... Without the company to keep him busy, I don't know how he would survive—”

Zander’s brows snapped together.

“You gave him money?”

Elvie slipped out of his hold and stood some distance from him with her arms crossed over her body, her hands cupping her elbows. “Yes. I gave him my ATM.”

“Your savings? Really?”

“Yes.”

“Are you that crazy?”

“Zander—”

He shook his head as if the situation were beyond belief. “He’s a fool. A damn fool. What are you going to do now? He’ll empty it in a day. How can you be so naive?”

“I—” Elvie groaned in silent anger, keeping her gaze steady on his. “He said he'd use it fo