42 ◆ Jury's Out ◆

◇ KEL ◇

"All good? Just like that?" Enzo stared.  Another frown wrinkled his sore lips, and his voice sounded weaker.  The perplexity and frustration in his tone helped his question sink into my thoughts.

Bound to happen sooner than later.  The anger.  Betrayal.  Shock.  Like he couldn't comprehend how his own brother could hurt him like that, as if punishing him for a grave misdeed.  Now it seemed all he wanted was my sympathy.

Perhaps he just wanted me to assent to his anger and sentiments because he felt pained, betrayed, and alone right now.  His fiancée just left him for another man, his brother mercilessly beat him to a pulp last night, and the closest thing he had to a family right now was his longtime bodyguard waiting outside.  "Why do you pretend it's nothing?" Enzo's brows creased more as he scowled at me.

Great.  Now he wanted to a