asked.
“She left a couple days ago. Once she gets settled and finds a place, she’ll send for the rest of her things.” I threw back my drink and slammed my glass down on the bar.
“Bro, I’m sorry,” Nathan said as he placed his hand on my shoulder. “But you have no one to blame but yourself. You fucked up in a big way and you did nothing to make it right.”
“Do you love her?” Elijah asked.
I stared at him for a moment because I had never admitted to him or Nathan about how I felt.
“Yes. I’m madly in love with her, she’s gone and there’s nothing I can do about it.”
“Boys, dinner is ready. Everyone in the dining room.”
“Don’t say a word about this. Do you understand me?” I pointed to both of them.
We took our seats in the dining room and as we were passing around the mashed potatoes, Nathan opened his big fucking mouth.
“Sara moved to California to do a trauma fellowship at Cedars Sinai. Our little brother over here won’t tell her that he loves her and is feeling sorry for himself. Sorry bro, consider this an intervention.” He shrugged his shoulders.
“Is this true, darling?” my mother asked.
“Yes!” I shouted.
“We will discuss this in private after we eat.”
“There’s nothing to discuss, Mother. This is her dream, and I’m not going to confess my feelings to her and try to hold her back. She’s made her decision.”
The rest of dinner was quiet, and I was going to kill Nathan the first chance I got. After we finished eating, I stood up, walked over to my mother and kissed her cheek.
“I need to get going. Thanks for dinner, Mom.”
“You’re not going anywhere. You are to go sit down in the living room and wait for me.”
“Mom—”
She held up her finger.
“I said go sit down in the living room.” Her voice was stern.
I sighed as I rolled my eyes, went into the living room and poured myself a drink.
“Did Dr. Sara really move to California?” Ruby asked as she sat down next to me.
“Yeah, Ruby. She did.”
“I don’t want her to move away. I like her.” She pouted.
“I don’t want her to move away either, kid.”
“Ruby, darling. Can you go play with Mila for a while?”
“Sure, Grandma.”
I sat there with a drink in my hand while Elijah and Nathan stood directly in front of me with their arms crossed and my mother sitting next to me.
“We’re doing this because we love you, darling. You know this family sticks together.”
“Mom’s right, bro. We’re doing this because we want you to be happy and if you don’t try to get her back, you’ll be one miserable prick,” Nathan said.
“There is nothing I can do. Why can’t you understand that? This is her life. It’s always been a dream of hers to become a trauma surgeon.”
“She can become a trauma surgeon here in New York,” my mother spoke. “There’s no reason for her to have to move to California to become one.”
“If you would have told her from the beginning how you felt, she most likely wouldn’t have moved across the damn country. She did it to get away from you,” Elijah spoke. “You don’t think it hurts her to the core that she told you she loved you and you flat our rejected her? And to make matters worse, you two live together and she has to see you all the damn time. You are nothing but a constant reminder of pain to her. I don’t blame her one bit for moving away.”
“Yeah, bro. Give her a reason to come back home,” Nathan said. “You have to tell her how you feel about her.”
“It’s too late.” I shook my head.
“It’s never too late, darling. Our last name is Wolfe, and we don’t stop until we get what we want. If you truly love that girl and you want her in your life, then you need to make it happen. You get your ass on a plane and go to California and bring her home. You tell her that she belongs here in New York with you and you don’t hold anything back. I know it’s scary, trust me. If I can do it, so can you. You are my son and I believe in you. The sooner the better.”
I sat there and rubbed the back of my neck as I thought about her.
“Can you get me a private jet for tomorrow?”
“I’ll make the call now.” My mother grinned as she walked out