I laughed. “Now that you know you can use your demon to help you, are you spying bit more people?”
“NO!” he said, acting indignant that I would even think that.
Ivan caught my eye. We looked at each other and then back at Misha. “Who else?” we both said at the same time.
“Okay, maybe just a couple people. I was having trouble sleeping. I was bored. It’s net regular thing,” Misha said, slightly embarrassed.
“Who?!” we all demanded at once.
“I might’ve checked on Giana,” he said quietly.
“And?” I asked.
“She’s doing well. Her and her friend moved recently to Portugal. They’re planning on staying there through this next year, then they have plans to move again. Giana has a job, she met a guy, her friend is trying to talk her into going back to school. She’s living the most normal life ever and she seems really happy about that,” he said.
I just couldn’t help the tears that fell as I was completely overcome with relief and happiness that she was doing well. I still didn’t want to be friends with her, but that didn’t mean I didn’t want the best for her. “Misha, I’m really glad you spied on her,” I said, wiping the tears from my eyes. “It makes me really happy to know that she’s doing okay.”
“I think we’re all relieved to know she’s okay. I don’t think any of us want to be BFFS with her, but she still didn’t deserve to be treated that way,” Ivan said.
“You took the words out of my mouth, Squish,” I said.
“Who else did you spy on?” Andrei asked. “I know that’s not the only one.”
Misha laughed. “Right again,” he said in between laughs. “I might’ve also tried to first Vanessa to see what she’s up to now, that Massimo is dead.” More laughter. “I don’t know how, but I could smell her when found her.”
We all laughed. “I hope you didn’t watch her for very long. That smell will get on you I said.
“What is our dearest Vanessa doing now?” Ivan asked.
“She’s trying to find a replacement for Massimo, but she’s not having much luck. She’s working at a club somewhere in the city. She gets lots of male attention. Lots,” Misha said, his eyes wide.
“I don’t want to know any more. Please stop talking,” I said, making everyone laugh,
“Come here,” Adrik said silently to me. I squeezed Stephen once more, then walked across the kitchen to Adrik. He wrapped his arms around my waist, holding me tightly. “Close your eyes, Andrei,” he said before he kissed me passionately. Everyone else laughed.
“I am never going to live that one down,” Andrei said. I turned and leaned my back against Adrik’s warm chest, pulling his arms tight around me.
“I mean, it’s never gonna not be funny, Bubba,” I said, laughing.
“We still need to figure out why you got blocked that one time and couldn’t see anything.” Stephen said to Misha, somewhat cryptically.
“You got blocked, Misha? When did that happen?” I asked. I felt Adrik tense slightly and I instantly knew what he was looking for. I squeezed his arms tighter and chuckled. “I know what you were all discussing. I love you all very much for trying to protect me from that conversation.”
Adrik leaned down and kissed my cheek, saying quietly, “Misha was looking for outcomes pertaining to the families. He could see nothing.
“Has that ever happened before, Misha?” I asked. I didn’t have a bad feeling about this but it was definitely a new occurrence that we’d never experienced before.
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“No, it’s never happened before. I’ve always been able to find an answer, but everything was fuzzy that time. It’s been getting clearer for me every other time, too,” he said. He was clearly perplexed. “Have you tried to look for that same answer again?” Stephen asked.
“Yeah, same result each time,” Misha said.
My mind was racing. I unwrapped Adrik’s arms from around me so I could walk to the remaining cookies I’d made for Andrei. They all smirked at me, knowing I had a serious sweet tooth if something was bothering me. “What? Sugar helps me think, I said, biting into the cookie.
“They need frosting next time,” Misha said. “They’re just boring without it.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.