Chapter 79 What Happened? (Ii)

• A shy smile appears on Calum’s features as he rubs the back of his head. “No one you need to know, Cathy. Just an asshole taking advantage of young boys?”
• “Like a pedo? A paedophile?” I gasp out. “Calum!”
• Calum laughs. “No. Not that way. Red is not like that. He loves his women. He was the dealer’s dealer. Like the boss of the bosses.” Air returns to my lungs, I breathe in and breathe out. This man is too calm about his experience. I am the one who had to deal with seeing him battered. I cross my arms under my boobs and he pouts. Feeling fuzzy on the inside, my frown eases. I wish I had a switch to control my feelings for him. Calum folds his left arm over his chest and I outline the date tattoo with my index finger. “You asked what it meant, remember? It was a reminder.”