"Conditions?"
"First, you let me help you properly. Not with money…I can see you don't want that. But with your psychological health. There is a colleague of mine, a trauma specialist. The best. You'll see her. She will help you with the trauma.... the nightmares, the hypervigilance. Going to therapy doesn't make you weak, it's just a treatment."
Cameron wanted to refuse. But he was so tired of running, tired of being broken. He gave a single, hesitant nod.
"Second, you always keep your phone reachable, so I can reach you whenever I want. If you're in trouble, if the Reeds do anything, you call me. Immediately. Do not call Blackwood. You call me."
"How did you…"
"Alexander noticed Blackwood's interest in you. It was why we started looking closer. That man is a calculated risk. I know he's intelligent but he is not kind. You come to family." The word 'family' held a new, undeniable weight.
