"Xander overdosed. He's in the hospital," Julian informed
Micah as he arrived back at the guesthouse.
Having just dropped back into the guesthouse for a few
minutes to get some stuff this morning, Micah had been cert-
ain he'd be back to Tessa before she woke up. Obviously, that
wasn't going to happen now.
He looked at his brother, dressed casually in jeans and a T-
shirt just like him, Julian's usual humor totally absent from
his expression.
"When? How bad is he?" It wasn't the first time it had
happened, but every time, Micah hoped it would never hap-
pen again.
"He'll live, but he'll need to stay a few days in the hospital.
They want him to be discharged to rehab. They tried to call
you, but they couldn't reach you. They got to me through my
publicist."
"Damn! I just got a news about rehab? I think he might need it,"
Julian said huskily.
Micah took a deep breath, knowing it was time to clue
his middle brother in on a few things. "He's got the rehab
route, and it isn't his first overdose. He checks out of rehab the
minute he's allowed to go, and he won't talk to anybody about
getting help. Something's going on with him, Julian, but I have
no idea how to get through to him," Micah rasped in a frus-
traded voice.
"Why didn't you say something?'
"I wanted you to have your time. These are your moments,
everything you've worked for in the past decade," Micah an-
swered in a low tone.
"But Xander's my brother," Julian argued. "If he's in trou-
ble, I want to help."
Micah exploded. "Don't you think I haven't fucking tried?
I'm probably in California once a week, but I have a company
to run, and Xander isn't doing a damn thing to help himself.
He's addicted to prescription narcotics, the same drugs he
used to keep his pain stable right after the murders. He drinks
his hard alcohol straight from the bottle and uses it to wash
down the pills until he's unconscious. He doesn't want help,
Julian.
I've tried."
"Then he needs to try again or he's going to die," Julian
barked.
"If he goes to rehab he just leaves within a few days. The
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