The anger bubbled once more as my fists tightened, ‘you were my friend because you were ordered to be?’ I hissed.
Declan shook his head, ‘to start with mate, yes, dad told me I had to talk to you it’s true, but you were pretty cool and I liked you, I can’t say it was a hardship to hang out with you and I didn’t know anything about this whole protection thing, I swear. I just got asked by my dad to make friends with the new boy and then he’d ask me about you every so often at dinner or in the car, I didn’t know they were using me to keep tabs on you! Once I knew, we were like fifteen man, you were already my best mate and I wasn’t allowed to tell you, I thought I was protecting you’ he pleaded.
I went to retort but dad cut across me, ‘he’s telling the truth son, Declan was your friend bec
