“Where are you, baby?” Jake yelled as he opened the door. “God. Could you not do that?” Brian asked as he followed the man through the door. “It’s sickening.” “Brian!” Justin yelled, entering between Brian and Jake. “Leave him alone.” Brian smirked and pulled Justin towards him. He had started kissing Justin’s neck when Kevin appeared. “Could you not do that?” Kevin asked. “It’s icky.” “They are definitely family.” Justin said to Jake. Jake laughed as he nodded his head in agreement. “I thought you liked to watch.” Jake said to Kevin. “But not Brian. It’s Icky. He’s my cousin.” Kevin explained as he kissed Jake. “Stop it.” Brian said. “I guess there will be no orgy taking place here.” Jake mocked. Kevin rolled his eyes while Brian made a face and Justin laughed. “So what are you three doing here?” Kevin asked as he walked to the living room. “We were waiting for Ben to come to the restaurant, but he never showed up. So we left him a message that we were going to be here.” Jake said taking off his jacket. “Hey, can I learn how to use a gun?” Justin asked. “No.” The three other men answered. Justin pouted. “Stop it.” Brian told him as he pulled Justin by the hand towards the couch. “I’m hungry.” Justin said. “Didn’t you eat at the restaurant?” Kevin asked as he got on the bigger sofa and rested his head on Jake’s lap. “No. They were too busy fucking in the restroom.” Jake said. “What?” Kevin asked and looked at Brian who was smirking. Justin blushed and Brian laughed. Then the ring was heard. “I’ll get it.” Justin said, getting up and walking to the wall. “Who is it?” “It’s me, Michael.” Jake rolled his eyes and Kevin laughed. “Let him in.” Brian said. Justin nodded and pressed the button. A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and Brian opened it. “Hey, Mikey…you look like shit.” Brian said. Michael then threw himself in Brian’s arms and started sobbing. *** Melanie turned around and looked at Lindsey. “Did you hear that?” Melanie asked. Lindsey looked up from the papers she was reading and looked at Mel. “What?” “Did you hear something?” Melanie asked. Lindsey shook her head. “It sounded like a window closing.” Melanie said. “I think you are starting to hear things.” Lindsey told her giggling. “I’m going to go check on Gus.” Lindsey nodded and went back to her work. *** Justin came back with the coffee and gave a cup to everyone. He sat back down next to Brian and watched as Jake’s knuckles turned white from grabbing the cushion as he listened to Michael. “I’m the one listed in case of emergency. I went there and they…oh god.” Michael said as he started crying again. Brian took a deep breath and held back his tears. “I just couldn’t believe it. I…they show me the body…oh god. Oh fucking god.” Michael sobbed. Kevin got up and walked towards the mini bar where he grabbed a bottle of Jim Beam before he started pacing. “Why didn’t you call me?” Jake asked through gritted teeth. “And say what? Come down here, your brother is dead!” Michael shouted. Jake closed his eyes at the hurtful words. “I couldn’t do fucking shit. I couldn’t think or talk. I don’t even know how I managed to get here. I just started walking.” Michael yelled and cried at the same time. “I need a smoke.” Brian said as he got up. Justin watched as Brian got out of the apartment. Jake followed Brian and then Kevin put his bottle down and followed them. Justin turned his attention back to Michael who was crying. He got up and sat next to the man. “I’m sorry.” “You don’t know how bad this feels.” Michael sobbed. “I feel so fucking horrible.” Justin hugged him as he too started to cry. He imagined losing Brian for a couple of seconds and the thought was fucking terrifying. “What am I going to do?” “You’ll be okay.” Justin told him as he tried to control his own tears. “You’ll be okay.” Michael held on to Justin tighter, wanting to believe the words. *** Debbie put the phone down and stared at the carpet. “What’s wrong?” Vic asked. “That was Kevin.” Debbie said. “Did something happen to Justin?” Vic asked worried. Debbie shook her head. “Michael is going to stay over there.” Debbie said. “I think something happen.” “Why you say that?” Vic asked. “He sounded really weird and I think someone was crying.” Debbie said. “Are you not imagining things?” Vic asked. Debbie sat down on the couch and shook her head. “I’m sure everything is okay. If not, they would tell us.” Debbie nodded but there was a nagging sensation in the pit of her stomach. *** Justin closed the door to the room so Michael could sleep in peace. He still couldn’t believe that Ben was dead. He wanted to get in bed with Brian and forget about everything, but Brian had left with Jake to try and find Chris. He just hoped that everything would be okay. He didn’t want to lose Brian . He came out to the living room, sat down on the couch next to Kevin and gave him a small smile. “Michael felt asleep.” Justin said. Kevin nodded. Justin just stared at the man. “What?” “I didn’t say anything.” Justin told him. “But you are thinking something.” Kevin said. “The human brain is always thinking something.” Justin pointed out. “Could you be anymore weirder?” Kevin asked. “How’s does Brian put up with you?” Justin laughed a little. “That’s simple. He loves me.” Justin said. Kevin and Justin stayed silent after that just watching the T.V. or pretending they were watching it. “Do you think they are okay?” Justin asked. Kevin nodded. “Why didn’t you go with them?” Justin asked. “Someone has to watch you.” Kevin explained. “Would you have gone if I wasn’t here?” Justin asked. “No.” “Why not?” Justin asked. “I don’t think it’s right.” Kevin said. “But he killed Ben and my friends.” Justin said. Kevin turned to look at Justin. “You know what they are doing. They are out there seeking revenge. Just like Chris was doing for his little brother.” “But those guys didn’t kill Chris’s little brother. He killed himself.” Justin said. “Justin, they ended the life of that kid once they fucking raped him. He was a fucking baby. Older people have a shit load to deal when they are raped by one person. This kid got gang raped. He was dead the moment they left him, even if he walked away from it.” Kevin said. “They ripped his innocence away from him. They fucking made him nuts. He couldn’t deal with it.” Justin started to sniff. “How can you say all that?” Justin asked. “So okay, what they did was wrong but Ben was your friend.” “I know. I guess sometimes I’m a little too objective for my own good.” Kevin told him dryly. “Why are you like this?” Justin asked. “You want to know why?” Kevin asked as he got up. “Because I’m fucking pissed that Ben is dead. That Brian and Jake are out there hunting Chris. Chris could get lucky and kill one of them and if not, one of them is gong to pull the trigger and we are going to be the ones that are going to have to deal with the consequences. I know them. They are going to do it. And then they are going to fucking crumble to pieces. They think this is right. I don’t. I would make Chris pay for what he did in prison. I wish to see Chris dead too but his pain wouldn’t be as long.” Justin was crying by then. “They are not going to kill him.” Justin said. “Right.” “Brian promised me. He said he wasn’t.” Justin told him. “So he won’t do it.” “Jake didn’t promise me shit. So I guess he will.” “They probably won’t find him.” Justin said. “Well, Justin, what has me fucking worried is that they do.” Kevin hissed before he walked away from the blonde. Justin watched Kevin walk to the bathroom and throw the door shut. He just stayed on the couch crying. He was scared. He didn’t want Brian doing anything as drastic as killing someone for revenge. *** Brian opened the door and looked back at Jake who was behind him ready for anything. They walked slowly until they reached the dimly lit living room. “I was waiting for you guys.” Chris said. “Say goodbye, you motherfucker.” Jake said raising his gun and taking two steps forwards. “Before you start shooting me…” Chris said smirking. “Brian, do you know where your son is?” Brian’s color drained out of him. “He’s bluffing.” Jake hissed, not taking his eyes away from Chris. Brian felt his cell phone vibrate and he dug into his pocket and took it out. The name on the screen was telling him that Chris was telling the truth.