Release

by Shay Blair

The team is falling apart. There are issues tearing them to pieces, seen and unseen, and consequences that must be dealt with. What can the future possibly hold, and can it be solved before something blows up?

37. Flip

Again?

Stork! I-I was—

We've been spending the past couple days together, but you leave every night to go god-knows-where.

You didn't say anything before.

I didn't think I'd need to.

Silence. She didn't want to lose him. But her continual absences...

I'm worried about you.

You mentioned that before.

She couldn't tell him. She couldn't stop. She needed the club.

I asked you not to ask.

You told me not to.

All the more reason to stay out of it.

All the more reason to be concerned.

How dare he. This was something she needed to relieve stress, and it couldn't be public.

Sigh. I trust you Piper. And I hope you'll tell me.

She let him go. She tried, but—

I don't know what I'd do without you Stork.

I don't know what I'd do without you either.

Then let's not find out.