Hawk's Cry by Manda Mellett

Author:Manda Mellett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Manda Mellett

Chapter Sixteen

Drummer…

“Sam.”

“What’s up, Drum? Do you need me to come home?”

Just the way I’d said her name alerted her, showing how well she knows me.

“Yeah. You, and Sophie. I’m sorry to cut your trip short, but we need you both back here.” I take a deep breath and then explain what’s happened with Eli, and, apparently, the part we both played.

Like she knows me, I know her. I can tell she’s trying to hide her own distress. Of course her first reaction would be to reassure me. “It’s not your fault, Drummer. Eli’s not thinking clearly. You never pushed him into anything. He wanted to be a mini-you from the time he was born.”

“He copied me to please me.”

“He’s not thinking straight right now. He’s ill, Drum. Sure, he copied you, but that was because he’d inherited so much of your personality.”

I don’t know whether that’s true. I walk to the window, looking out on the front yard which could do with some maintenance now the prospects don’t come around anymore. It’s clear Eli hasn’t made it a priority. As for Olivia, she can barely see her feet now, let alone mow grass. Idly I think I need to send someone around.

Sam’s voice continues in my ears. “Sophie’s here. She’s been speaking to Wraith. Mouse is booking us on the first flight home.”

“I’m sorry,” I repeat. “I’m out of my depth, Sam. Eli needs you, I need you.” Truth be told, I worry any time she’s away from me, but our old ladies had been planning this time away for so long, I wish I didn’t have to ask her to come home. But I’ll be fucked if I know how to make this right. My son needs his other parent as well.

“Of course he does. But Drum? Please stop beating yourself up. It sounds to me that Eli’s been overthinking things. Sure, he’s telling a version of accounts which fit, but they’re not what we remember, and somewhere in between probably lies the truth.”

There’s the woman I know and love, often speaking sense which grounds me. “I miss you, Sam. I need you. I love you.” There was a time when I never thought I’d find a woman I wanted forever until I found Sam.

“I love you too, Drummer. I’ll be back soon. We’ll make things right for Eli.” The confidence that things can turn back around bolsters me.

Having her and Sophie home will be for the best. Wraith and I are men of action, dealing with fear that exists in a man’s head is way beyond our comprehension.

Olivia and I had been at our wit’s end when Eli had again refused to go to see Dr de Souza. Sure, I’d threatened to physically drag him there, but my son is just like me. Being forced to do something would mean he would dig his heels further in and, like a horse being taken to water, he would have refused to cooperate.

I’d been wracking my brains, trying to think how I could get him to understand talking would help.

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