Part 4
“In case you forgot, I am the one paying the bills here, so if anyone is going to leave, it will be you,” he says with a blank stare.
I glance down at his hands on his knees; his knuckles are yet again busted and covered in dried blood.
My mind is still trying to come up with a response when I ask, “Did you get in a fight again?”
“Does it matter?”
“Yes, Harry! It does matter. Is that what you were doing all night? Fighting people? You didn’t even have to work, did you? Or is that your job, beating up people?”
“What? No, that’s not my job. You know what my job is. I did work, then I got distracted,” he says and swipes his hand over his face.
“By?”
“Nothing. Jesus,” he groans. “You are always on my case.”
“I’m always on your case? What did you expect to happen when you stumbled in here after being gone all night and day! I need answers, Harry—I am sick of you not giving me them.” He ignores me and pulls a shirt over his head. “I was worried all day; you could have at least called me. I was a mess today while you were out drinking and doing God knows what. You are messing with my internship, and that is not okay.”