Don and Kevin were ready for our outing in record time. By then, I had a full-blown plan on how to get Javian to accompany us. He was going to be stubborn as usual but he just needed to be pushed in the right direction.
"I want to make a stop at the apartment before we go," I announced as we boarded Don's driver's car. "I have something I need to collect."
Don never read anything into it and ordered the driver to do as I pleased. Kevin remained quiet. Silence and worry were odd coming from such a happy guy. I was used to him using that ridiculous smile to hide all his problems. Today was different. Either he was too depressed to smile or he was also tired of the charade. It didn't matter. Whatever it could be had me worried.
When we drove up to the apartment complex, I texted Javian. To
