ENZO POINT OF VIEW.

It took a lot of self control to pick up Clayton's call; internally, I had to call myself to order. Like Nadine had said, Clayton might be a terrible human being, the worst man to ever tread the earth, but at the end of the day, he was still my little brother. So when I saw his call, I took a deep breath and picked it up.

"Hey, man," he said to me, his voice placid.

"Clayton, how are you doing?" I asked.

"Good, man," he said. "Just good."

There was a brief silence ...