Oh, Tony heard.
“Are you okay? Do you need me to come?” he asked. “I can hop a jet.”
Yeah, Gryphen told him not to let that happen. Elizabeth would kill her anthropologist if he stole a jet and made it out of the country.
Apparently, he was trouble.
“No, I’m good. I wanted to check in and talk to you,” he said.
Tony had been updated about what had gone down. Elizabeth had told him last night, and he’d been worried. Not only about Graham, but about Michael and Elizabeth too.
She’d been sad, and he knew the woman well.
“Okay, so talk to me. We miss you,” he offered, being that surrogate father to him. “I am getting ready to head into work. Sam and Jack are sleeping, so they can’t say hello.”
What Graham never expected to happen was for him to fall in love with the two kids.
And Jaxon.
He’d found a family, and that was what bought him time for Michael to come back.
Fate hadn’t been a bitch, but she’d given him the tools he needed to survive.
“I’ll call later in the week. This is just to tell you that I’m getting married today. D’Artangnan came back,” he offered, since the man knew what had happened.
“Ah, yes, I heard about that. How crazy is it that the universe made Michael Graves appear when you needed him most, and that they were one in the same? And getting married? You guys move fast!”
Yeah, it was still wild, and Graham knew it was divine intervention.
It had to be.
“We decided to pick up where we left off, and since I was going to propose the night we broke up…”
Tony was happy for him.
“Good for you both. I’m happy that you’re good now, Graham. I was about to lose my shit yesterday and hijack a plane.”
He laughed.
“Don’t do that.”
Tony was amused too.
“Maybe in my youth, but I’m getting too old to get yelled at by my sister from another mister. Elizabeth is more prone to getting punchy.”
Graham was quiet.
“What’s going on in your head? Are you regretting something?” he asked, assuming it was because they were moving fast. “You don’t have to get married quickly. It’s not like you’re pregnant.”
Graham told him.
As he stood off from the other people, he shared what had him upset.
“I wish you could be here.”
That surprised Tony, and gave him so much joy. This man was like a son to him, and he’d adopted him into his world like Charlie had done for him years ago.
“I’ll be there. I can’t do it physically, but call me and I’ll watch from the phone. I wouldn’t miss this day for the life of me, and when we get there for Gryphen and Ian’s wedding, we’ll go have a pint and dance on a bar or three.”
