Blake looked almost fragile the way he had positioned himself with his back against the wall and his knees up against his chest. It was like he was trying to shrink away into nothing, and I wondered what the hell was running through his head when he revealed all of this to me.
It seemed like he was being sincere when he said that he could end up in serious trouble if anyone found out what he had told me, and I guess that he was trying to tell himself that he wasn’t a total i***t for being honest with me now that I wasn’t thanking him profusely and acting like he was my hero.
I left him there alone as I went to the kitchen to fetch myself a drink, and I grabbed him a glass of water and some painkillers at the same time.
He looked surprised when I passed them to him, and he was even more
