Chapter 295 Argued Anyway

"Yeah," I replied. "The doc said the snake venom's all gone. It’s nothing serious, I just need a few days to bounce back. I'm thinking of heading to Lake City." His deep eyes held a flicker of... something as he watched me. "Is it because of Charlie?" His words hit me like a drumbeat, stirring up a storm inside. He was cutting right to the heart of it. I wanted to dodge the question, but why bother? Charlie's condition got worse because of me. I owed him, and hiding my feelings did not make sense anymore. Additionally, Idris and I were done. He had helped me out, sure, but that did not mean I could not care about someone else. Thinking it over, I squared my shoulders and nodded. "Charlie's in bad shape, and he's all alone in Lake City. I want to be there, maybe help out." Inch was out of the picture, and Charlie had said he had no one. It just would not be right to leave him all alone. "Do you care about him?" Idris's voice cut through my thoughts, as straightforward as ever. I bi