“No,” Nick bit off even though clearly, it was a huge problem for him.
“Look, you should have told me that you couldn’t do the job at the academy,” Luke chastised. “I would have gone to help Lia in a heartbeat.”
“Now you say that?” Nick raged, “Because that wasn’t the tune you were singing last summer. And besides, when did I say that I didn’t want to help Lia?”
Luke stared at his friend.
“I came here expecting to see the same sweet-hearted girl with the crazy red curls and intelligent eyes. But you know who I saw when I arrived? A girl on the verge of tears that looks broken, Nick. If you fucking broke her, I will kill you. Do you understand me?”
Nick and Luke were standing entirely too close, both men fuming at their perceived injustices. But Luke, he saw something in Nick’s eyes. Something that he couldn’t let go.
“You fucked her, didn’t you?” Luke drew back and punched Nick straight in the eye. “You mother fucker.”