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I had a few too many drinks and punched a guy last night; it’s not the end of the world,” I say. I am hoping that it is enough to get him to ease up a little because I know if he asked me outright I would not be able to lie to him; he would have my bollocks off before for breakfast if I did.
    “Maybe not but we will be talking about why you were at the graveyard last night, not now as we are working, but as soon as we’re not we are going to sit down together. Do you understand?” I hear him loud and fucking clear.              
    “Yes, Sir,” I say to him. The drive to the airport is made in relative silence, everyone seems to be pissed off with me, not that I really care. What am I supposed to say to them? ‘Sorry I have been a dick but if you knew why you would not be acting like this?’ I don’t want their sympathy, I just want my friend to see that I am hurt and just be supportive of me, not treat me like I am dirt. That is what it has felt like for the past month or so. I suppose my behaviour has not been the best. I have gone out most nights when I have not been working, I went and got drunk and started fights, anything to make me feel anything but this numb feeling that I can’t shift.
    Damien and my father walk up the steps to the plane and I follow behind. The flight to Russia is going to be a long four hours. This is the third time we have flown out, the first time was just before Damien’s wedding, him and my dad stayed for the month but I only stayed the week as he knew I was taking care of Camilla. Faith had said if she is letting me in then I need to be there whenever she needs me, so I
    was there for her morning, noon and night. I take my seat next to Damien and wait for the plane to take off.
    Damien had received a letter from a Russian woman claiming that her son was Viktor Volkov’s child as well, so the last time he went over he had all the DNA confirmed and spent a little bit of time getting to know his half brother. It would seem that his brother is looking to leave Russia and come back with us this time around, but I have not really been paying that much attention to what has been going on lately. I have been lost in my own prison, trapped by my own actions, ones I can’t seem to free myself of.
    My father leaves his seat when it is safe to do so and makes his way to the bathroom on board. I look up and see Damien looking at me but it’s not anger I see in his eyes, it’s sorrow.              
    “What is the matter my friend?” I question him. Using exactly the same words he said to me all those months ago.
    “I am so sorry, Malcolm.” Shit, when he says my full name I know he is being serious. I look up at him trying to act like I don’t know what he is sorry for, but I have the slight feeling that something is amiss.
    “What are you sorry for, Damien? You have done me no wrong.”
    “I know about Andrew and Charlie!” That’s it, those words are enough to set me off but I try my best to hold it in. My father could be back any second now and I will show him no more weakness, I have disappointed him enough lately, well, no more.
    “Who else knows?” I demand, I don’t give a shit about my tone right now.
    “Nobody but me,” he tells me, keeping his voice calm and even.
    “How?” I question him, now trying to get my emotions back under control.
    “I had a call from Cami last night.” That is one answer I didn’t expect from him, and why the hell would she call Damien and not me? Before I can reply I hear the flush of the toilet and seconds later my father emerges and makes his way back to his seat, I throw Damien a look, telling him to keep it to himself for now, but I will find out why my wife rang my best friend instead of me, her husband.
    I sit on the plane for the rest of the journey in a seething silence, I know I won’t be able to talk to Damien alone until after we land.
     
    We land at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, and
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