Page 55 of Agony of Our Regret

“No. At least I don’t think so,” Luca replied.

“It doesn’t have to do with your dinner this week?”

“That wasn’t directly tied to the AS. It was a potential informant,” he explained.

“I was in a meeting on Friday with updates. Whatever it is happened yesterday or today and is urgent enough to call in everyone,” Gavin added.

Great.

I closed my eyes and dozed for the rest of the trip until Luca pulled into his parents' driveway. A dozen or so cars were parked along the street, and I recognized Gwen’s.

Once we were inside, I sought her out.

She’d been on site in New Mexico this week, looking over the renovations for the school. Even though the committee said we wouldn’t have to fly out, Gwen wanted to be more involved and check on the progress in person.

“Hey.” She pulled me in for a hug. “Noah, Vince, and Sky are already here.”

I smiled at the stress in her voice and stepped back. “It’s okay. They know.”

Her brows shot up. “They know?”

“About the pregnancy,” I confirmed.

“Are you serious? How did they take it? Are you okay? Do I need to deal with them? Vince is big, but I could take him.”

I laughed at her ramblings. “It’s fine. I promise.”

She let out a sigh. “It better be. I didn’t realize I missed so much while I was gone.”

Her stern tone made me cringe. “Sorry. I should have called you, but there’s been a lot going on.”

“Apparently.” She glanced around the room. “So, what’s the status now? Do we hate them?”

I loved her immediate support. “No, we don’t.”

She crossed her arms. “We’ll see.”

“I promise they––”

“If we can have everyone gather in the living room, please.” Daniel waved everyone toward where he and Bruce stood.

“Lunch tomorrow, okay? You’re telling me everything.” Gwen waited for me to confirm before walking off.

Noah and Gavin appeared at my side. The latter pointed to an empty spot on the couch. “Sky saved you a seat.”

I smiled at the greetings and familiar faces, made my way forward, and dropped next to Sky. Tessa gave my leg a reassuring squeeze as her husband spoke again.

“Thanks for coming on short notice. We wouldn’t request a meeting like this if it wasn’t necessary.” Daniel exchanged a look with Bruce. “Something happened today, and we wanted to make everyone aware while also keeping things as secure as possible.”

They worried about phone calls, texts, and emails. I knew from experience what he meant without him saying it.

“Correct,” Bruce agreed. “There was an attempted attack on the community in Spokane, Washington, today.”

Someone behind me gasped.

“Attempted, not successful, because one of our members had a vision of the attack. We not only prevented it but captured the suspects.”

My head snapped to Noah. He met my eyes for a fraction of a second before focusing forward again. Was it him?

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