I knew he wasn’t.
Just like Remy wasn’t.
Once Luca’s car was gone, Vaughn put his arm around me.
“We should go after them,” I said. “I’m worried about Remy.”
Vaughn nodded. “Let’s go say goodbye to your brother and Magnus, then we’ll head to the city and check on him.”
By the time we got back to the house, Magnus and Dante were already in the process of saying their goodbyes to their guests. Both men looked mussed and I couldn’t help but smile. When Dante’s arms went around me, I squeezed him hard.
“Take care of yourself, irmãozinho,” Dante murmured.
“You too, meu melhor.” I didn’t wait for Dante to interject guesses as to what he was my best of this time around. I simply told him what I’d always known he was to me. “Meu melhor tudo,” I whispered.
My best everything…
He kissed my temple, then held me for a moment longer. “I’ll see you soon, okay?”
I nodded.
“And tell that boyfriend of yours something,” he added.
“What?” I asked with dread.
“Tell him thanks for the wedding gift. Best present ever.” He kissed me again.
“Wait,” I said as I grabbed his arm. “What did he give you?” I asked.
“Ask him,” Dante said with a wink, then he took Magnus’s outstretched hand and they left.
My phone rang before I could say anything else. I sighed in relief when I saw that it was Remy.
“Remy, are you all right?” I asked. “Where are you?”
“I’m in the line for the ferry. I’m okay,” Remy said. His voice actually sounded… normal. Which I knew wasn’t possible.
“Remy, just stay there. Vaughn and I will come get you. You can come stay with us.”
“Thanks, but I’m actually going to go stay with a friend for a couple days. I already called Dom to make sure it was okay.”
Dom as in Dom Barretti, his boss.
As far as I knew, Remy had never missed even a single day of work in the two years he’d worked for Dom.
“Will you tell the person whose car I hit that I’m sorry and I’ll pay for it?”
“I’ll take care of it,” I began. “But Remy…”
“Aleks,” Remy said softly.
“Yeah?”
“I’m okay, I swear it.”
“Please come stay with us,” I repeated.
Remy sighed. “I’m going to stay with my sponsor. I’ll call you from his house tonight when I get there and let you talk to him so you know I’m okay. All right? I need… I need to be with him because he’ll know what to say to me.”
