There were a million paths that could end badly for the would be lovers, and Hadyn knew those paths well. He'd been driven down a few himself, and never really recovered from a few. He could not imagine a more positive outcome from what he was hearing than the one he'd managed to carve out for himself.

"Cocaine," he repeated, frowning as he scrubbed a hand through his hair. And then the rest of what Carlos said only made him frown. The truth was...this was not going end well so long as it was on the present course, and for his part Hadyn didn't know what to do to stop it.

"I don't...know that I can blame him for being...unhappy." He said in a careful tone. "And I cannot blame him for his pain, after what happened. Gael Shaw could not walk away from such an event and not have wounds- even if he wants to hide it away. And...."

Hadyn frowned with a sad gleam in his eyes. He did not want to hurt Carlos, he did not want to see Carlos suffer the loss of someone one he held dear. If he could save Gael for Carlos he would have, but that hardly seemed more plausible for him than for Carlos. "Do you care about him?" Hadyn asked quietly, knowing in some manner what Gael's feelings on love where thanks to Sarah. "Because if you do, Carlos, I'm sorry. He is not...well, not right now. And if the cocaine, the drinking, everything in that...style of life is true? It might well only lead you down a dark road."