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I cough, my wince going unnoticed. “Thanks.”
“This is so great. We’re all going to be so happy,” Brodie says.
“Yeah,” I mumble. So happy.
I leave my apartment in a daze, a duffle bag over my shoulder. I feel a bit like a zombie as I walk down the sidewalktoward my car. Maybe I’m sleepwalking, and this is all just a dream.
When my phone vibrates, I stop and pull it free.
“Yeah?”
“Bro. Why didn’t you tell anyone at the office you were getting married?” Jacob asks. “You know we would’ve all come to your wedding.”
Fuck. My coworker must have seen the pictures, too. Has everyone?
“It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment thing,” I say a little numbly.
“Well, congratulations. Pretty sure Carly is already planning a party, so get ready. Will I see you at work on Monday, or are you going on your honeymoon?”
“Um, I’ll be at work,” I mutter, rubbing my face.
“All right. See ya, man.”
Jacob hangs up, and I look down at my phone. A text comes through from my brother, his simple message more ominous than the words warrant.
Vaughn: Mom and Dad aren’t happy.
Shit. Motherfucking—
“Excuse me,” someone says, walking around me on the sidewalk. I mutter an apology and head toward the parking garage.
Once inside my car, I slump forward, my head hitting the steering wheel with a thunk. I let myself wallow for a good long minute before dialing the one person who never fails to have my back.
“Kipp?”
“I fucked up, Nik.”
Niko says something quietly, probably to Dixon, before addressing me. “I was about to call. I’m guessing this has to do with those pictures you posted?”
“Yeah,” I say, throat clicking when I swallow.
“Did you two really get married?”
There’s no judgment in my friend’s tone, and that simple fact has my eyes pricking.
“Think so,” I whisper.
He hums, a thoughtful sound. “Have you been fucking?”
Again, zero judgment.
“No,” I say around a pained huff. “We barely talked before yesterday.”
Sure, I’ve seen Teddy at Elite 8 events or at the club, Sublime, where the cast and crew hang out on Friday nights. Not the same club we were in yesterday for Cas and Jason’s party. But we’ve crossed paths numerous times before. Yet we’ve never had so much as a full conversation prior to last night.
I don’t know what changed.
“What are you going to do?” Niko asks.
