"It's my job," I answered. "It's my job to take care of her, protect her. Just like it was my job to protect you when we were kids."
"You left," he said but it lacked his usual anger. "How was leaving protecting me?"
"You didn't need me anymore. You did pretty well on your own." I turned to face him. "Trina still needs me." He looked away from her as well. "I am sorry," I told him. "For never calling or contacting you."
"Why didn't you?" he asked. "Over seven years, why didn't you ever contact us?"
I knew I would have to answer this question eventually and I knew my answer. "At first I couldn't. I knew if I did it would be too easy to come back and I wasn't ready. When I finally thought I could handle it I checked up on you guys. You had just become Beta and Alex was finishing college.
