David didnât know how any of this was happening. He didnât know what to do, what to say, how to move⊠how to /breathe/. All he knew was that the man standing opposite him, the man his girlfriend had become friends with, was the man responsible for the giant scar on his left hand.
At Darcyâs touch, David flinched, his mind somewhere else then back in the present in an instant. How did he explain? How did he talk? The tears came without control nor care, hot and thick, streaming down his face as he relived the worst three weeks of his life.
âI told you everything I knew. I told you and you let me go. What do you want from me? I told you what you needed to know!â He addressed Peter.
Darcy was beyond confused, yet as she exchanged looks with each one of them, she knew there was something more going on. âSomeone needs to tell me what the hell is going on,â she said, brown eyes glancing at David as tears spilled down his cheeks. Her focus turned to him completely, wiping at his eyes as she frowned and pulled his gaze to hers.Â
âHey calm down, Iâm right here okay?â she said softly, but stopped short when his words sunk in. Let me go. The words made her blood run cold, her entire body shifting to look at Peter.Â
âWhat is he talking about?â she said, her jaw clenching painfully tight. She wasnât stupid, she could connect the dots. But she wanted to hear the words right from Peterâs mouth, this person that sheâd confided in, that sheâd trusted. She wanted to hear him say out loud that heâd been responsible for the broken man that stood behind her terrified of what might happen to him again. That Peter had taken part in the man that had been bloodied and damaged from head to toe just a few months ago.
Peter winced at the words that David leveled in his direction. There was an anger and hurt behind everything he said. Someone else might have refuted his statements, argued with him. But Peter deserved every broken word sent in his direction. Mixed between Davidâs accusations was Darcyâs confused question.Â
âI...â He grew silent, fidgeting under the scrutiny of both Darcy and David as they stared at him like he was the enemy suddenly. He supposed he was. He was the one who worked for Sixes, he was the one who had maimed David in return for information that his boss had demanded from them both. âI donât want anything from you. Iâm sorry for what he did to you, for what they did to you. I tried to get you out earlier...â He had felt horrible for the horror that his boss and his fellow members had inflicted on David. He had given them everything and in return all he had got was more scars both inside and out.Â
It was only then that he glanced up at Darcy, the anger so evident on her face now that she knew exactly who the man she had called friend was. They had already gathered an audience and as Peter leaned heavily on his cane, all he could do was shrug apologetically. âIâm sorry.â