He’s been normal-ish to me. A little awkward, sure, but not too bad. Cas has been polite, but reserved. No more hugs from him, it seems. Then again, I’ve only seen him once since we all ended our foursome.
“It’s a day,” I tell the older men.
Sam laughs. “Not a ringing endorsement. Where are you off to?”
“I have no idea,” I say truthfully. “Where are any of us off to, anyway? Life is a journey, right? We don’t know the final destination.”
“I think it’s the cemetery, actually,” Walt says.
I blanch.
“Jesus,” Sam says with a frown. “Don’t scare the girl.”
“Having a bit of a crisis?”
“Yes. A huge one. What do you do if someone loves you but you’re leaving town?”
“Do you have to leave?” Sam asks.
“Yes. I mean, I accepted a job. But…no? I guess technically not.”
“Then you don’t leave.”
Huh.
I glance over at the gym again and then the apartment windows above. “What is that?” I asked, instantly distracted. “Is that a For Rent sign in Grayson’s apartment?”
“Huh?” They all turn and squint. “Looks that way.”
“Oh my God. He’s moving to New York! Bye, gentlemen!”
I need to talk to James.
When I’m in front of the gym a minute later, I draw up short before yanking open the front door.
James is in the gym with Noah.
But so is Grayson with Evelyn.
And Cas, who is there too, legs stretched out as he leans against the cubbies filled with toys.
They’re all smiling and laughing.
They’re sexy and masculine and so, so loving toward their children.
I take two steps backward.
Holy. Shit.
I’m in love with them. All of them.
Those five humans in that room are my world.
It’s not this vast planet we live on. I don’t need to explore it looking for anything or anyone anymore. Sure, vacations would be great. But I don’t need to travel to find something, because everything I need in the whole world is right in front of me here in Honeysuckle Harbor.
My people.
Then you don’t leave.
