Part Sixteen

It had been a few days since the truce had been called and things seemed peaceful for the time being. Something was bothering Lee though. He’d been broody ever since and pacing up and down whenever they met up.

“What’s going on with you?” Mason had had enough of Lee’s mood swings now.

“Nothing.”

Kelley taped a box shut and turned to look at Lee. “Lee, come on, it’s us. If you can’t talk to us then who can you talk to?”

“Steve Jones is getting out of jail next week …”

Kelley looked up at Lee with the tape roller still in his hand. “Who’s he?”

“He’s the man who turned himself in so he could save me.” Lee’s jaw clenched and Kelley put the tape down on the closed box.

“How can we help, Lee?”

Mason stepped closer to them and Lee swallowed emotion away, his eyes betraying nothing. “I feel like I have to do something for him.”

Mason clasped a hand on Lee’s shoulder. “I get that … have you gone to visit him?”

“No. He’s in jail because of me.”

Kelley shook his head. “He’s in jail bec