“I’m family?” Zach blinked at him.
Flynn shrugged. “Close enough to it. I was looking forward to having a new baby brother.” He smiled wryly. “It’ll be okay. I promise you.”
Zach didn’t reallybelievethat, but something about Flynn made him want to. Made him want to think that the world wasn’t so bad, and that hewouldfeel better after a nap, and maybe that Flynn could solve every problem he’d ever had and then some.
He understood the way Aiden had talked about him, now. Flynn was wonderful.
“Get some sleep,” Flynn said. “We’ll be back soon. I’m taking Aiden’s key card, so you won’t have to answer the door. Need anything while I’m out?”
Zach snorted. “A new fiancé, if you can find someone desperate enough to marry me.”
“I don’t think they’d need to be desperate,” Flynn said. “Maybe a little more sensible than Aiden, is all. We’ll try to get you your old one back first.”
Sighing, Zach let himself sink into the pillows, listening to the sounds of Flynn and Callie talking just low enough that he couldn’t really make out what they were saying. It was nice to have company, though, and his stomach sank just a little when he heard the room door close behind them, and he was all alone again.
They’d be back, he told himself. They wouldn’t abandon him.
