#Chapter 173: Who to Trust

Lamar’s upset was reasonable. If Asher had attacked him as viciously as he’d said, I would have to be a terribly insensitive person to ignore that. But the fact was, I doubted Lamar’s story. This had to be some kind of misunderstanding. Asher had a hair-trigger when it came to protecting me, but he was reasonable otherwise. If Lamar had said, Cynthia’s mine, Asher would have likely been annoyed, but to lash out so aggressively over that alone? If Asher had attacked Lamar, it must have been because Lamar had done something careless, or because Asher had misinterpreted something Lamar said as a threat. Cynthia’s mine would not have been enough. Especially after Asher had made a promise to me to restrain himself. I didn’t want to accuse Lamar of not telling me the full story, but I couldn’t help it. I knew Asher. He kept his promises. To find out the full truth, I needed to hear both sides. That meant talking to Asher. I couldn’t tell that to Lamar, however. He was furious e