"Kind of strange isn't it?" Trina broke the silence. We looked at her. "I mean, that Derek is able to do that. Plus, the bodyguards that Kieran has for you. The whole gas leak sitch. Knowing your classes. His need to protect you and the means to do it..." She listed off. I stared into my best friend's eyes, pleading that she was coming to the same conclusions I had. "Derek is also strangely loyal to Kieran," Franky chimed in. "In a different way than a friendship or romantic relationship. It's like... a blood-tie kind of loyalty. It's... weird." I turned my head to stare straight ahead. "I have no idea if I'm right, but I think I've come to a couple of conclusions," I told them. They both looked at me. "Pierce... I really don't know the whole story. I think it's his parents, but I

