Elijah shook his head. "Look, if you want, you could adopt him. But you'd have to prove you could help take care of him. I think it isn't a bad thing for him to want to be taken care of. He'd never want to leave town, he clearly cares about you. I talked to him about it, you two could still hang out."

He rose his brow at Anthony. "Richards isn't in town anymore. So I don't know what you're getting at."