Chapter two

Joel had been gone for a few hours and it was pure torture for me, I hated waiting, I had no patience whatsoever. I had to know what walker was doing that was so important and I prayed that it had nothing to do with Steven. I tried calling Joel but it went straight to answer phone, he probably turned his phone off because he knew that I'd have to ring, that I wouldn't be able to just trust him, leave him to it. Maybe I should have just followed Walker myself, that might have been easier. I don't really need this with everything else I've got on my plate but I can't let Walker get close to my boy….no way. I was just about to ring Joel again when he game bounding in to the office.

"Where the hell have ye been Joel?"

"Sorry Brendan, it got interesting, you had better stay seated for this"

"What did ye find out, is it to do with Steven?"

"Yes it involves wonder boy"

I knew it; I knew by the way Walker was looking at Steven, I could tell that something wasn't right. I stood up and began pacing the room, feeling anxious and on edge.

"Tell me"

"First of all he was just stood outside the deli for about twenty minutes, just staring; I presume he wasn't looking at Doug"

"I'll kill him" Brendan interrupted.

"You need to listen to me Brendan; I don't trust this at all"

"I need a drink, ye want one?"

I stormed out of the office to the bar and got a bottle of whisky and two glasses, Joel followed behind. I sat down on the stool, poured the drinks and waited for Joel to finish telling me what he'd found out.

"He went to his flat"

This wasn't happening, why was he doing this to me? I thought I could trust him.

"He did what?"

"He broke in, it was so easy"

"Why would he do that?"

"I don't know and I have no idea what he was doing in there but he came out and stuffed something in his jacket, it looked like clothes"

"How long was he in there?"

"About thirty minutes"

I had all this with Chez and Sampson and now Steven and Walker, this was my worst nightmare come true.

"Once he left Ste's flat, he called someone on the phone"

"Who? What did he say?"

"I don't know who but I know he was talking about you"

"Me?"

"Yeah you and Ste. He was saying that you were no longer together and that it would be pointless going after him because it no longer bothered you what he did."

"Sampson"

"What are you on about Brendan?"

"Walker, he was talking to Sampson…..that means Lynsey, Chez, I swear to ye if this is what I think it is he will pay"

"Look Brendan you know I'm not a fan of Walker but would he really be stupid enough to double cross you like that, it just doesn't make any sense"

"Like I said, ye can't trust anyone, you're born alone in this world and ye die alone"

I felt like I owed him, he was there for me in prison; he witnessed me getting beaten up repeatedly and he got involved and tried to help. I suppose I did owe him. We kind of became friends after that and although there was always only one boy for me, Walker became a good distraction and we fucked at every chance we got. Nothing and no one could ever come close to Steven of course but he had moved on, believed I killed those girls, so I did my best to forget him and it worked, well at least at first anyway.

"Do you really think that he was talking to Sampson Brendan?"

"Who else do ye know who wants to know about me and who is close to me? Look at everything that has gone on lately, it can't be just a coincidence"

"So what are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna fix this, you'll see. I will make Chez and Steven trust me again if it's the last thing I do. I have to make them see, make them understand that everything I do is for them and their safety, even though it doesn't seem like it at times"

"You really love him don't you?"

"Love….I don't even know what that word means"

"Brendan don't try and hide it, just because I think he's a runt. Why can't you just be honest for once hey?"

"Yeah…okay…I …love…him, always have and always will. Ye happy now?"

"Brendan Brady's actually human, I don't believe it"

"Yeah okay kid, don't go telling anyone. I have a reputation to maintain. So where did he go after that?"

"He went to the dog; no doubt he'll be back here soon"

"Yeah no doubt"

"Look I'm gonna go and see Theresa, do you need me to do anything else?"

"No you've done enough. Oh and Joel..."

"Yeah"

"Thanks"

"No problem Brendan, just don't do anything stupid and ring me if you need anything okay?"

What was Walker planning? Did he want to bring me down or was someone else behind him? Was he working with Sampson? Did he want to ruin my life? If this was the case I didn't understand why, I haven't done anything to him. Like I said we watched each other's backs inside, we slept together, that was it. No hard feelings.

After a few hours of thinking and no sign of Walker I decided to head over to the dog myself. As I approach the pub so many things were going around in my head, so many questions I have that I need the answers to. I enter the dog to see walker sat down at a table and he wasn't alone, he was sat with Steven.

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