Alston felt a sudden terror. He turned pale.
"Please, forgive me! I'll fix everything, I promise! If necessary, I will plead to each of them on my knees! " Don stepped back, stumbling over his own feet. "Your efforts to get me on the track will not be wasted. I will do everything, I swear, so please ... "
"I've never blown my words to the wind before," Nelson announced and unbuckled his belt. Slowly, almost ostentatiously, he pulled it out of his pants. "I warned you about what would happen if you act unreasonably with this boy."
"Yes but…"
It was more than fear. It was the terror that overwhelmed Alston so much it almost took his breath away.
But it was Nelson, so there was never any escaping him.
It was Nelson, who was always closer to him than his father than his brother, who was perhaps the only person in the world who cared for his well-being. The only person who really cared about Don. So if Nelson decided to do THIS to him, Don had nowhere to run.
