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“What the motherfucking hell is wrong with you!” Vincent shouts when he releases me. Nick just stares because he’s never seen me lose it before. Not like that and not with one of us. He knows my rage is real and not the shit we usually get up to.
Gabe lifts his bloodied head, barely able to move it. I’m on fire and I could continue but I’m embarrassed at the sight of what I did to him. I’m embarrassed at the way I look in front of my brothers.
I’m embarrassed that I can’t feel that bond between any of us at the moment.
And I feel like shit the longer I stare at Gabe because aside from being my brother he’s my best friend. We’ve had each other’s back since forever.
We’re only one year apart. I’m older and I always have his back. I swear I’ve had his back since birth.
I look at all of them and I walk out of the office.
Vincent calls after me but I keep going, keep walking straight ahead. He catches up with me at the end of the corridor and grabs my arm, yanking me to a stop.
“Salvatore, what happened?” he demands. His voice is more even tempered now.
“I don’t want to talk about it,” I answer. Best to say that, especially since I wasn’t supposed to say anything. Mimi begged me not to do anything too. I’m fairly certain I wasn’t supposed to do what I just did to Gabe either, but fuck it. I didn’t kill his ass so kudos to me.
“Salvatore, what did Gabe do?”
“Vin please. Just please. I can’t be here right now. Watch out for the Fontaines, right?”
“Yeah, right.” He releases my arm. “I’m calling you later when you cool off and you’re going to tell me what this shit is that’s got you so worked up.”
“Just leave it Vincent. Just… leave me.”
I walk away before he can answer.
We’re all close. Brothers and friends. That’s always been the main thing about
us. We have this bond as brothers that extends to friendship, but right now I don’t feel it and quite honestly I’m not sure I want to.
Chapter Eight
Mimi
This isnight four of me getting to the club and looking around for Salvatore.
It’s getting to the point now where I’m going crazy from his avoidance of me.
I hate feeling weak, and what I hate even more is feeling like I’ve done something wrong when part of me yearns for understanding.
And shit, because I know what Salvatore is like, I’m worried.
What makes me worry all the more was yesterday when I saw Nick he looked at me like he was trying to avoid talking to me for too long. That was a dead giveaway that there was something up with the guys, because he didn’t act like that on the regular.
On the regular I would have called Salvatore to see if he was okay but I knew better than to call if he wasn’t calling me. So I sent a text and guess what? No response.
Fuck… get it together girl.The worst fucking thing that could happen to me right now is catching him with someone else.
I’ve never walked the halls of The Dark Odyssey before and felt such a roil of tension. Not even when I was with Gabe. Everything feels like it’s just boiled into one to screw with me.
I don't know if he's mad at me or mad at the situation. It could be both.
Tonight I’ve decided to head up to his private lounge and wait. It wouldn’t be like him at all to miss four nights of work. None of them do that. Gabe isn’t here as much as he used to be because Charlotte is pregnant. That’s understandable.
It is and every time I think back to my own situation I try not to feel a certain kind of way when I see the love and attention he gives his pregnant wife. I try in the same breath not to feel anything for the past.
I step out of the elevator and my gaze lands on Salvatore walking down the corridor.
