He nods, settling back in the car and giving her that depressing update that isn't likely to make her feel any better, but that's one thing that's true in all of this. Communication needs to happen, and not just between a couple of people. They're all in this together, and unless they work at keeping each other in the loop, they're going to all crash and burn.
"Your name's on the paperwork," he says with a nod. "You got it." Because while he'll hold his own and refuse them entry based on medical reasons, he also knows that at least one of them he can't trust to play nice, fair, or legally, and that's one too many out of three as it is.
"Kind of why I'm asking," he says softly, looking down at his phone though there's not been a message, just not looking at Alex. "It's stupid, I know, to even think about it. I realized that before, but..." But before he hadn't actually been shot and had only thought maybe the threat would be worth it. Now he knows it wouldn't be worth it just to threaten, and he'd been shot. Just because he isn't dead doesn't change that.
"I'm thinking later, after we find your errant would be boyfriend and his family, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. I mean... I just feel I should have one," he says, speaking casually but he's just taken all of this in stride, more or less, and yet he's not sure any of it is healthy. Not to mention he's sure the moment he has a drink, and he's definitely going to have a drink, he's going to crack.
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"Your name's on the paperwork," he says with a nod. "You got it." Because while he'll hold his own and refuse them entry based on medical reasons, he also knows that at least one of them he can't trust to play nice, fair, or legally, and that's one too many out of three as it is.
"Kind of why I'm asking," he says softly, looking down at his phone though there's not been a message, just not looking at Alex. "It's stupid, I know, to even think about it. I realized that before, but..." But before he hadn't actually been shot and had only thought maybe the threat would be worth it. Now he knows it wouldn't be worth it just to threaten, and he'd been shot. Just because he isn't dead doesn't change that.
"I'm thinking later, after we find your errant would be boyfriend and his family, I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. I mean... I just feel I should have one," he says, speaking casually but he's just taken all of this in stride, more or less, and yet he's not sure any of it is healthy. Not to mention he's sure the moment he has a drink, and he's definitely going to have a drink, he's going to crack.