“No, Hope. You asked me here, so I’m here,” he says. “We all went down there not knowing shit about the lunatic that was in the boat with us. Declan wasn’t supposed to be there.” He looks at me and holds up a hand. “I’m sorry, Cleo. I know what it’s like to be in a screwed-up situation, but none of us were part of that mess until you made us part of it.” He looks back to Connor and Hope, shaking his head. “Instead, we were dragged down to the middle of God knows where so we could play our parts in some desperate save-Declan Hail Mary when one look at that guy would have told anyone he was way
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