Crew cleared his throat. “Seraphina called me this morning. She told me that her brother filled you in on the situation. Our situation.”
“Yes. That’s true.”
“I thought you deserved to have a conversation directly from me about it.”
“But only now because I’ve been informed?”
He shook his head, slowing at the stoplight. “One of the things you taught me early on is to keep business and personal lives in separate boxes.”
I felt a small lump when I swallowed. “That can’t apply to everything.”
“There was no good way to tell you I was sleeping with Seraphina.”
“She’s having your baby, Crew. How are you going to survive this exactly? When the Castilles see that baby’s blue eyes—”
“That’s why we want to leave as soon as possible.”
The voice in the speaker system told Crew to take the next two right turns.
“And leave everything here?” I checked the time on my phone. “Think about what that would mean. Don’t you have parents here?”
“My mom,” he answered.
“What would she think about you taking off?”
He pulled into an open parking space. We had arrived at a tall office building. He removed the sunglasses from his eyes and turned to face me.
“I think she’d rather have her son alive than dead.” His words gripped me.
I closed my eyes. “Crew, we’re not going to let that happen.” I tugged on the door handle.
“So, you are going to help?”
I hadn’t made a decision yet. I nodded. “Yes. I’m going to help.”
He started to smile.
“But I don’t know how,” I cautioned him. “Would you wait here while I have this meeting? Maybe we could grab a drink?”
“Yes. I have emails to send. I’ll keep the car running.”
“I have no idea how long it’s going to take,” I added.
“It’s okay. I’ll wait.”
I climbed out of the car and entered the building.