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“I’m going to hit the head first,” Brock says. “Dave, come on.”
“I don’t have to go,” I say.
“Then keep me company,” he grits out.
I shake my head at him. “Okay.”
We walk to the restroom on the first floor of the hotel.
Once inside, he turns to me. “You okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
He wrinkles his forehead. “We’re in Paris, David. Last night was fucked up. But today’s a new day. Appreciate it.”
“I do.”
“Listen,” he says, “Jesse texted me last night after he left you. He said you seemed to be a little off. And now that I’ve seen you, I agree.”
“Fuck Jesse anyway.”
“Look. I know Jesse has had problems with our family in the past, but he’s in love with Brianna, and he’ll be a part of our family in the future. He would be anyway because of me marrying Rory and Donny marrying Callie. I think he cares.”
“He sure didn’t like me sleeping with his sister.”
“Would you want him sleeping with Angie or Sage?”
Brick to gut.
Man, do those words hurt. I feel like I should go apologize to Jesse for fucking his sister.
“Jesse’s over it,” Brock continues before I can reply. “He’s over it because he realizes, after last night, that it’s so easy to get caught up in the little things that don’t matter. So tell me what’s bugging you. I want to help you. This has been traumatic for all of us. Do you need to talk to someone?”
“What if I do?”
“Then we’ll find someone.”
“My French may not be as bad as yours, but I can’t speak to somebody here.”
“We’ll call my mom, then.”
“She’s not even up yet.”
“You think that matters? I’m her favorite son. She’ll take my call.” He grins.
I look at him and frown. “How can you be so…happy?”
He raises his arms to either side of his body. “Because I’m alive, man. And so are you.”
He’s right, at that. “I just feel like I shouldn’t be here. Like if I hadn’t come here, maybe none of this would have happened.”
“We were all going to be on that same chartered flight,” Brock says. “So whether you were here or not, yeah, it would’ve happened.”
I look to the floor and kick at the bathroom tile. “I was so excited about this trip, you know? After dealing with all the bullshit in our family lately. Then when I got here, and Maddie and I kind of hooked up, it was fun. I’m not looking to fall in love, and I don’t think she is either.”
He smirks. “Don’t be so sure about that.”
“What are you saying? She’s in love with me?”
