Page 35 of Agony of Our Regret

Sky grimaced. “I doubt everyone here wants to see.”

“Yet you think we do.” Luca laughed like he was teasing, but resentment weaved through his voice.

“Yeah, you’re right. It’s lame.” Sky glanced around. “Where’s Gavin?”

I looked around, and Gwen had disappeared. She probably sensed the tension and bailed. Lucky.

“Over there.” Luca pointed across the room. He was talking to Aaron, who I hadn’t seen arrive.

“Oh, man! I haven’t seen him in years!” Sky kissed my cheek. “I’m going to say hi.” Then he hurried over to join them.

I rested my head on Luca’s shoulder. “This feels weird.”

“Yup.”

I stepped back to look up at him. “You feel it too?”

He nodded and sighed. “I’m glad they’re back. It’s good to see him, and I know he didn’t abandon us the same way Noah and Vince did. Ididforgive them for that, but it’s weird. I thought I’d be more excited to see him.”

“Exactly,” I agreed. “Maybe it will take a few days.”

He frowned. “Maybe if we knew he wouldn’t disappear again.”

That too.

“And maybe if we weren’t hiding something huge from them,” I reminded him and myself, then bit my lip.

“We’ll tell them eventually.”

Luca hugged me and kissed my forehead. “I know, love. I’m not rushing you. The right time will come.”

I appreciated his support and relaxed into him, closing my eyes and taking a moment to collect myself.

I sensed him before I saw him.

I turned just as he stepped into the kitchen and immediately found me watching him. The corner of his lips quirked.

He took one step forward before he froze.

His gaze dropped to the floor, and he swayed a bit before his dad, Stanley, caught him and held him up.

Only a few seconds passed before the vision ended, and Noah’s head snapped up.

His eyes locked on mine, filled with something like anger.

Shit.

EIGHT

Luca tensednext to me as his arm wrapped protectively around my back.

“Noah.”

He moved us toward him, but Noah didn’t move. He didn’t take his eyes off me.

What had he seen?

He blinked a few times, then glanced around the room.

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