Page 26 of Beta Team-The Saviors: Part One

“I’m sensing a lot of hostility, and it’s making me uncomfortable.” Tyler disconnects the call, and I shake my head.

“Are you going to keep me away now?”

“I don’t know. The thought of you even looking at him more than a friend makes me want to slit your throat.”

“It was just a date, Ari. It’s not like I’m confessing my undying love for him. Jesus fuck.”

Ari roars into our driveway and comes to a screeching halt in front of the house behind Tyler’s Camero. “Get out.”

“Come on.”

“Get. Out.”

“For what it’s worth, I’m happy for you two. And I think you should tell him.” I get out of the truck before Ari can pull his Glock. He speeds out of the driveway, and Tyler walks out onto the front porch.

“What did you do to him? He was fixed, and you broke him.”

“Shut up, Tyler.” I walk past him but can feel him right on my heels.Dog with a fucking bone.

“You know that’s not going to happen. So, what did you do to piss off Gramps?”

“Nothing. He’s pissed at Axel.”

“You sit on a throne of lies,” he says, quoting the next dumbest movie he watches, Elf.

“Isn’t Gavin here somewhere for you to aggravate?”

“He’s on the phone with Ghost. I’m hoping he’s finally talking to someone.”

I flop down on the couch, and Tyler sits beside me. “He still hasn’t said anything?”

“Kind of? He gets pissed and will let stuff slip, but he won’t tell me everything.”

“Does he know you sleep in his room at night?”

Tyler’s eyes narrow. “How do you know that?”

“Because I worry about him, too. You’re doing a good thing, Tyler.”

“Yeah, well, he can’t know.”

“Why not? He let you the other night.”

“I caught him in a moment of weakness.”

I lean against the arm of the couch so I can see his face. “Is there something going on between you and Gavin?” Tyler and him immediately had a connection. Tyler is the one who spent most of his time helping Gavin through physical therapy, pushing him so he could gain use of his arm back. Tyler taught him everything he knows, including how to fight, and guns.

“No. We’re just friends.”

“Do you want there to be?”

“Don’t turn this around on me. Tell me what you did to Grandpa.”

“I was honest with him.” I give Tyler a look, and he starts dying laughing.

“You told him about Jason, didn’t you? You big fucking dummy. He was ready to murder me over ajoke.”

“He banned me from High Flyer.” Tyler starts laughing even harder, and I join him. “It was stupid, but I didn’t have a choice. Ari has some kind of mind-reading powers or some shit.”