Page 128 of My Broken Mate
Tapping my lips, I return to the living room, noticing that Gabriel is sitting there, looking exhausted. The door opens slightly, and Levi enters, guiding Evander and Joel inside. It’s the first time Joel has been in the Alpha Suite, and I can see theintrigue and curiosity in his eyes. He recovers fast, though, and returns to the subject at hand.
He and Evander start discussing the possibilities they can come up with. It’s the same as I was thinking of right before.
“Kata wouldn’t elope,” Evander says eventually.
“How do you know?” Gabe asks.
He shrugs. “I just know.”
“What about Remy?” they ask us, simultaneously.
I exchange a glance with Gabriel. “I doubt that’s what he had in mind,” I say.
“You don’t think—” Gabriel swallows thickly. “That he is about to do something… something harmful… to himself.”
“I don’t think he would do that,” I say firmly, surprising myself by how confident I sound.
“Why are you so sure?”
“Because he promised me,” I say.
“And you believe him?”
“I have no reason not to. He was pretty open about the fact that he was making a promise he was able to keep.”
Gabriel looks momentarily relieved before another cloud of worry crosses his face. I feel a twinge in my chest at seeing him like that, but I can’t help it. Seeing how I am more useful by continuing my work in Remy’s room, I return to it. Joel follows me, looking tired, a look I haven’t seen on his face before.
“Remy loves Katalina,” I tell him. “He would never endanger her.”
“She loves him, too,” he answers. “She wouldn’t endanger him either.”
I turn to look at him curiously. “Why do you say that?”
“I sometimes feel like there’s a darkness around her which I can’t quite grasp, and I wonder if I should have tried harder to make her open up.”
My mouth opens slightly at his words. “Are you saying she isn’t always as cheerful?”
“I am saying there are things she is hiding, successfully.”
“Do you want to talk about it?” I offer.
“I don’t know,” he admits, sitting down in Remy’s chair. “I think there was something going on at home when our parents were still alive, but I am not sure. It’s hard asking these things, you know?”
Yes, I know.
I watch Joel for a moment. He is spinning around in the chair, a soft breeze rustling through the papers on Remy’s desk, until my eyes catch something. I move past Joel, kneeling down. “What’s wrong?” Joel asks.
“Lift the desk,” I tell him.
He does as I said, lifting it slightly so that I can angle for a piece of paper and a picture. It must have dropped there by accident. Wiping my pants clean, I get up. My heart stops beating momentarily. I look at the picture, then at the note.
Sean, Gabriel,
I am sorry for running off like this without notification, but there is something I have to do.
Please don’t worry. I will explain everything when I am back home in a couple of days.
Sean, I didn’t forget my promise. Please trust me to do the right thing.
