Brendan closed the door with a snap and dragged Ste straight over to the CCTV monitor and pressed play. He watched himself pace around the cellar his lips almost visible as he muttered to himself to stay calm. Brendan leaned him he breath against Ste's neck as he watched. "Now, what happened there Steven?"
"Nothing."
Brendan moved back pulling Ste away from the monitor and spinning him around their faces close. "You're lying Steven, do you know how I know?" his face so close to Ste's he could see the complete darkness of the Irishman's eyes. "Every part of your body and face give it away. Now tell me what happened between you and Danny."
Ste closed his eyes just for a moment he had to do this for Amy and the kids. He needed to protect them, and if it meant lying to Brendan even though the guy wanted to help what had to be done, needed to be done. "Nothing happened okay. Danny was just being Danny. You know he… he found out about some bottles I dropped in the cellar and was giving me a hard time about it." He was generally surprised about how the lies flowed off his tongue, if he was listening into the conversation he would had believed them. Now the question was: Whether Brendan believed them.
He still could not believe that Brendan believed him; he thought a single stutter or lack of eye contact would give him away. But he stayed strong on the outside but inside he was a mess. He hadn't seen Brendan around the next morning as he cleaned up the club. "Now then, what did you and Brendan chat about last night?" he dropped the glass in his hand leading to the familiar sound of breaking glass. "Bit jumpy are we now Ste?" he turned to find Danny watching him. "H-he doesn't know." Danny's eyebrows rose as if he didn't believe him. "He saw me on the CCTV downstairs and had some questions. But he doesn't know. I swear."
Brendan stood outside the door listening into the conversation between Danny and Steven. He always knew Danny was a snake. "Good and keep it that way, you wouldn't want anything to happen to those kids now would you?" he saw Steven shake his head in defeat. Slowly Brendan absorbed the information while chewing his gum. He could admit he was a lot of things but threatening someone kids was way to low for him.
Of course he knew Steven had been lying to him and could honestly admit he was surprised that he hadn't managed to crack him. Thanks to Danny he knew about Steven's ex-boyfriend who had managed to put the poor lad in hospital so many times it wasn't even funny. Now for some reason Danny was trying to use Steven against him. Now that was something he wasn't going to stand for. If Danny wanted a fight he'd got one and he knew exactly who could help him out.
A/N: Pretty short but a surprise is on the way that's for sure!