“No. He gets a day pass. He didn’t want to miss the wedding, and we want him here.” He smiles at me. “He asked me if I’d come pick him up. I lied to him and said I would.”
I frown. “Why would you do that?”
“Because you’re going to be the one there.”
I shake my head quickly. “I…”
“Titan, your bride-to-be is looking for you,” Jasmine tells him, coming up to us.
He gives me a slight smile. “Duty calls.”
I nod but hate to be left hanging. I want to know more. Is he going to be excited to see me? Like I will him?
I turn and notice Bones standing with his hands shoved into his dress pants. “You should be the one to pick him up,” I say.
“I’m the last person Grave wants to see right now,” he answers.
My brows knit together. “You don’t forgive him?” Grave hurt me, but I haven’t known him all my life. I can’t imagine how hard it must have been for his brother and best friends to see him hurt himself over and over.
“You do?”
I sigh. “Grave is…”
“An addict.”
“I was going to say, trying to get better. We need to support that decision.” I rub my growing stomach. It’s not much, but even if others can’t tell, I can.
“Are you still going to forgive him when he relapses?”
I take in a long breath. “He won’t.”
“He will. I know my brother.” He says it with such conviction. Bones truly believes his brother won’t be able to stay sober.
My hands fist. “People can change.”
“No, people replace one addiction for another.”
“What does that mean?”
He looks away and his jaw sharpens. “I love my brother.” His eyes come back to mine. “But you and my niece or nephew are my main priority.”
Tears prick my eyes as my hands go to my stomach once again.
“If you need anything, call me. Day or night. Do you understand?”
I nod and mumble, “Thank you.”
FORTY
APRIL
ISTAND OUTSIDE the facility, leaning up against Grave’s Challenger. I drove it, thinking he would want to drive, to feel in control again. I know how much he loves it.
I watch the front door open, and he steps outside, wearing sunglasses. My heart pounds at the sight of him. He’s dressed in a black V-neck Kingdom shirt, ripped jeans, and black boots. He spots me, and his entire body tenses.
Pushing off the car, I take a couple of steps toward him but hesitate. Doubt fills me when he pauses on the bottom step. Maybe I shouldn’t have come. Titan said Grave called him. That’s who he wanted here.
He walks toward me, and I let out a relieved breath.
