#Chapter40-02
Blake was right. He couldn't. But at the same time, my brother's disappointment . . . I had only been the subject of it once before and it had been the most awful, heartbreaking thing I had ever experienced. I didn't want to have to deal with that again. I just couldn't.
"He'd be so mad. He might not even want to be my brother anymore," I mused, pulling my two best friends close to my chest. "Can't we just run away forever?"
Blake pursed his lips. His hands were working on his fly, and as he completed his task, he dropped down on the bed beside me. "Oz, Isaac loves you more than anything. You should hear the way he talks about you. You mean everything to him. He'd never not want to be your brother. I can't promise that he'll react well, but I can promise that."
Crawling o
