#Chapter93

Unexpected friendship

Nate

Grandpa Michael bailed Dad out of the clink while handling Nana. Yeah, Nana wanted to beat the office with his gun. Don Wilson survived, then unexpectedly moved. Bye-bye, Bradley Wilson, you schmuck.

After work, I stopped by to see Conner. As much as I wanted to hate him, I couldn’t. That night he broke down and changed our perspectives. It changed mine.

We sat in the living room as Conner played with his fingers and wouldn’t look at me.

“How’s everything going?”

“It’s okay.”

“Are you getting help?”

“Yeah, but I don’t know.” Conner shrugged.

“Look, we didn’t grow up as best of friends, but it...