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I’m sure I will find out later. Right now, all I can think about is Zeke.
The waiting room is packed. Everyone is here waiting on news. I feel like we have been waiting forever, but it has probably only been a couple hours.
I think we will be waiting for a few more.
“I got a call. I’m here for Zeke Lewis,” a man’s voice states, sounding panicked.
Of course, at the sound of Zeke’s name, we all look at the person who was here for him and called.
Who does he have as an emergency contact? I thought I knew.
“Who is that?” Zane whispers in my ear.
“I have no idea. I’ve never seen him before in my life,” I whisper back.
“He’s still in surgery. You can join the others waiting for him in the waiting room,” the nurse says, gesturing where we were sitting.
He turns around and stills when he sees all of us in the room. Swallowing hard, he slowly walks towards us.
“Who are you?” Zane asks, which brings the man’s eyes to my man.
“Holy fuck, you look just like him,” he whispers.
“I’ll ask again. Who are you?” Zane asks, losing patience.
“My name is Dante Lewis,” he says quietly.
“Lewis? Zeke’s only brother is Zane. How do I not know of you?” Dani asks, standing up and stepping closer to him.
“I’m not his brother. I’m his husband,” he states.
The room gets so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
What the fuck? My brother is married and no one knew?
“Shut the fuck up. You are not,” Dani says with a gasp, but I can see the excited look in her eyes.
The man nods his head. “Yeah, that’s why he was trying to get a hold of you, but then you told him that you found his family.”
“I can’t believe he didn’t tell me. It has been months,” she whispers with hurt in her voice.
“Well, he wasn’t sure how you would take the news that he was married, or the news that the person he was married to was a guy. He came back to pack up and told me he would tell you soon. He just kept putting it off. I think he was worried what everyone would think since he just found his family,” Dante says.
“Where have you been staying?” she asks, pulling him into a chair beside her. Everyone else is forgotten.
“Just at a cheap apartment. I was in a motel but, when I realised it could take forever for him to pluck up the courage to tell you, I got a cheap apartment,” he says.
“Why wouldn’t he tell us he liked men?” my mother asks while sitting next to me with a pout on her face.
“It took him years to admit it to himself. He hasn’t fully come out to me yet, but I always knew. He was never good at keeping secrets. Until you, I mean,” Dani says, looking at Dante.
“I knew I would meet you if I came down here but, when they told me he was hurt and needing surgery, I couldn’t think of anything else but getting to him,” Dante explains.
“He’s been in there for hours. He was shot,” Dani says.
Dante’s face pales at the words.
“Shot? What, how?” Dante whispers in horror.
