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"Why didn't you show up last night?"
Hopper's voice.
Eddie peered around the corner.
The corridor opened into a wider space, some kind of storage junction where boxes were stacked against the walls. Steve stood in the middle of it, and Jesus Christ, he looked worse up close. His hands gripped the hem of his shirt, knuckles white, and there was a tremor running through him that Eddie could see even from fifteen feet away.
"I—I had to work late, I'm—"
"Don't lie."
Hopper moved forward, and Steve flinched.
Eddie's jaw clenched so hard his teeth ached.
The chief was a big man, and he used every inch of that size now, crowding into Steve's space until the kid had nowhere to go. One massive hand shot out, gripping Steve's chin, forcing his head up.
"You get your ass to my place tonight or you kiss that basketball scholarship goodbye, you hear me?"