❝ have you talked to maggie? is she okay? ❞ the concern is real, the expression of worry across his features not at all feigned. it’s everything else he’s playing pretend. the stab wound hidden under his hospital gown isn’t a work of brandon james; it’s a work of his own, planned maliciously in order to make himself look like the perfect victim ( the only one who was STRONG ENOUGH to make it out alive. there’s glory in that. ) ❝ he was after her all night. my friends, we were just trying to protect her. ❞ a pause, eyes dropping as he looks up at him. ❝ ---- what about them? did they . . . survive? they did, right? ❞ feigned hope, because he knows the answer: they’re all dead ( and it’s all because of you. )
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