Chapter 15

Ava

Eric is robotic as he drops his napkin on the table and takes my outstretched hand.

"EricÉ I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that."

I glare at my new brother-in-law. "No, you shouldn't have. It's easy to be smug when you're sitting there happy as a pig in shit with your new wife by your side, never having survived anything remotely similar to what happened to him."

"I'm sorry," Rob says, and I believe him. "Forgive me, Eric."

"Sure," Eric says, his tone lifeless.

I head for the door, towing him behind me. I'm so fucking furious. Outside, I start walking. I have no idea where I'm going. I just want to get him away from there.

"Easy, tiger," he says after we've covered a couple of blocks.

"I can't believe he would say something like that to you. He's lucky I didn't punch him."

Eric laughs, and I stop walking to glare at him. "What is so funny?"

"You are." He slides his arms around me and gazes down at me.