Zane: Emmi's Fall

I rush home. I know Emmi will be fine, she has six more guys with her. I step inside and stop. Everyone is looking at me.

“You’re alive.” Dante hugs me, but he looks a mess mentally. I glance at Bear, but he is hiding his face.

“Yeah, how are you three?” I look between them.

“Nothing that won’t heal with time.” His words are quiet as he glances at Bear. “He’s a mess. He feels more embarrassed than anything, though, with Emmi seeing him like this.”

I nod and walk further in.

“Where’s Emmi?” Gunner asks. He looks a mess as well.

“Clearing up. She’ll be fine. I left six guys with her,” I say as I fall onto the sofa.

“This is all her fault. She told her fucking mum everything,” Gunner states, and I nod.

“Which she will regret,” Bear whispers and I want to ask how he is, but I know right now asking him won’t help. In his mind, he will want drugs, but he is fighting it. Sitting together, we discuss the way forward, but my mind keeps going to Emmi.

“She will be fine,” Dante says.

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