Nicky showed up as Neil was taking the last strips off the pan. He looked in at them but left without a word. Neil listened to him move up and down the hall and guessed Nicky was looking for Andrew. He knew he was right when Nicky went upstairs. Nicky came back down again almost immediately with Abby not far behind him. He lingered in the doorway, phone still clenched in one fist like he'd forgotten he was carrying it, and looked from Kevin to Neil.

"Where is he?"

"Betsy committed him," Abby said. "She's taking him off his medicine."

"Oh, thank God," Nicky said, voice ragged.

The look on Abby's face said she still wasn't comfortable with this plan, but she wisely kept silent. Nicky trudged across the room and sank into one of the empty chairs. He dropped his phone on the table and buried his face in his hands. Abby slid into the seat beside him and wound an arm around his shoulders. Nicky leaned against her but said nothing else. Abby rested her cheek against his hair and looked over Nicky's head at Neil. Neil turned away and tackled the eggs.

Wymack showed up a couple minutes later, and the five sat down to the most uncomfortable breakfast Neil had ever suffered through. Wymack's phone beeped at least thirty times in the time it took him to finish his food. Wymack read every message as it came in but didn't respond to any of them. Neil half-expected Abby to say something about the noise, but she let it slide like she didn't notice.

The hours between breakfast and Aaron's arrival felt like years, but finally Waterhouse showed up with Aaron in tow. The two of them sat down with Wymack and Betsy to discuss the parameters of Aaron's release. Neil, Nicky, and Kevin listened from out of sight in the hallway. Aaron was theirs until the trial, but this was a long way from being over. Waterhouse would maintain contact with him and send over any documents he needed signed, and Aaron would need to alert Waterhouse anytime he left the state, but other than that Waterhouse was optimistic.

When the couches creaked at the end of the meeting, Nicky and Kevin scattered. Neil stayed where he was until Wymack and Waterhouse passed, then stepped into the doorway to look in at Aaron. Abby was sitting on the couch by Aaron, but the gap between their bodies was telling. Aaron was leaning forward with his arms folded over his knees and his stare on the floor.

"Aaron," Abby said carefully, like she wasn't sure of the reaction.

"Go away," Aaron said.