“You may have done a good job hiding it from everyone else, but to someone who was being abused at the same time you were, Mase? There was no fooling me.” I felt his stare burning into the side of my head. Still, I didn’t look at him. “You never said anything.” I lifted my shoulder slightly, giving the scene in front of me a sad smile before looking to my bare feet. “It wasn’t any of my business.” Silence fell between us for a minute or two before I added, “Besides, I didn’t want to put you into more danger than you were already in. I was a nobody. What the hell could I have done?”
