"You drugged me and sent me away, you can't say more than two words to me on video calls. They put US there. You didn't do anything to me. You didn't take advantage of anything. It was ME. They didn't even fucking need the drugs. Not for me, not after a while. I figured you knew that and hated it."

Tommy shrugged. "They didn't look scared of you. And I saw your face, you love them. They don't know me, Ted. Maybe it's you pretending to be me, but it's still you. So they love you. How could they not? You're not shit at anything."