Highlander Ever After

I Want To Go Home

Jer

I stormed back to my honeymoon suite expecting Mackenzie to still be there but he was gone and I breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, the gloomy look my husband had on his face made me want to go and toss Mackenzie off the balcony.

“What did Gregor Mackenzie do now? I have a key here and I will shove it up his….” Daniel put his fingers over my mouth and smiled at me.

“Calm down honey. It wasn’t Mack, it was what he said.” I narrowed my eyes at Daniel. I had a bad feeling about this and decided I would probably need to be drunk to handle whatever he was about to say.

“I am guessing that Gregor didn’t decide that he wanted to join us on our honeymoon?” Daniel snorted, took the tequila bottle from me, and moved the steak knives off the table. OK, he was removing the sharp objects.

“What did he say, Daniel?” I crossed my arms over my chest and tapped my fingers impatiently on my biceps.

Daniel inhaled and took a deep breath. “Gregor has been seeing someone.”

I blinked and collapsed onto the floor. That wasn’t what I was expecting.

“So when did he start seeing someone?” Daniel c****d an eyebrow at me and I shrugged. I was still blaming him for the whole Claire thing.

“He said he met her at a grief counseling meeting.” I snorted, now he was preying on poor innocent women at grief counseling.

“Jer, I know this is hard for you and you are going to hate me, but you are being childish and dramatic.” I blinked at Daniel as he went back to staring at the menu for dinner.

I was suddenly glad about that room I had booked. It looks like Daniel will be sleeping there tonight.

“Don’t blow a gasket honey, I can tell you are contemplating kicking me out and I am sure I deserve it, but sit down and take a deep breath.” I didn’t realize I had started pacing like an angry house cat. I sat back down and jiggled my knees up and down.

“So tell me, oh wise one, how am I overreacting.” He sighed and put the menu down. I sometimes found his whole Zen behavior sexy. Right now, I was just irritated and I wanted to go home.

“You don’t have to be snarky. Look, this whole ordeal with Alexei sucks. It came at a really bad time, especially with the whole Claire thing.” I narrowed my eyes at him and he put his hand up to stop the tongue-lashing I was about to give him.

“We all handle grief in our own way. Anna is acting like she has lost the love of her life. Let’s face it, you and I both know she couldn’t make up her mind between the two of them. Regardless of how things were toward the end of his life, Mackenzie and Alexei were still friends.” I shot to my feet and ran a hand through my hair.

I was livid. How could he say that about Anna? How could he disregard my feelings in all of this as well? He continued to sit there and look calmly at me. I knew he wasn’t going to say any more until I sat back down.

I pulled my suitcase out of the closet and started throwing clothes in it. I knew this was a bad idea and I really shouldn’t have jumped into this marriage so quickly.

“Are you going to throw a tantrum Jer?” I gritted my teeth at the exasperation in his voice.

“No, I want to go home, that is all.” I heard the bed creak and I swore if he touched me, I was going to wallop him in the head with my suitcase.

“Can we just talk about this for a minute? Emotions are high and I think it is great Mack is going out there to explore other options. He was a victim of Claire’s as well. We need to remember that as well.” He was right, but I was still loyal to my best friend.

“I…WANT..TO…GO..HOME.” I slammed my suitcase shut and yanked the handle out. He stood in front of the door with his arms crossed, scowling at me.

“You are being overly dramatic. I swear you are a gay man cliché! Sit back down and listen up Jeremy Lee.” I blinked and never saw this assertive side of Daniel. I didn’t sit, but I stood there staring at him.

“Impossible, you’re impossible! Look, we have our own life now and we should think about living our own lives and letting Anna live hers, letting Mack live his. I’m tired of being dragged into all the damn drama. You run off to wherever because Anna is in trouble. Well, she is a grown-ass woman who can take care of herself.” I blinked at him.

This was new to me; he really felt this way about Anna. I thought he liked her as much as I did. This was also kind of heartbreaking for me because she was my soul sister.

“All I’m saying is we should concentrate on ourselves right now. Let things occur naturally for Anna and Mackenzie. If they end up together, great, I’m happy for them. If not, then so be it. There is the fact that Claire may actually be alive as well.” I brushed past him and the pain in his eyes made my stomach knot.

“I’m going home.” I walked out of the room and didn’t look back. What he said made some sense. I wasn’t about to tell him that though. The fact that all this came out and Mackenzie was seeing someone kind of pissed me off.

He said he was Anna’s one and only, but now he is willing to jump the gun with this Dahlia chick. No, I’m not dealing with him anymore. I may be dramatic and a cliché, but that was who I am and if Daniel didn’t like it then he could just file for divorce.

I hit the button for the elevator and tears made my eyes blurry as I realized he was not going to come after me.

Well, screw him, who needs men anyways?