Elijah quieted for a moment, trying to plot his way out of this situation. If he would push Asher too much, he might pull a gun on him and that would be a hard place to come back from. Then again, if he did push just enough, Asher would have to make a decision and hopefully it would be a good one.

"He's going to shoot me eventually," he said quietly. "You know that as well as I do. You can't keep dragging me along with whatever you have in mind. Eventually I will become a hindrance and then he won't ask you, because he thinks it'll be easier to get your forgiveness rather than your approval."

Elijah knew how these people behaved. It was his job to know.