Likely about how they’d found him crying over her body, how he’d begged them to save her. How he’d behaved like a lost child when they’d lifted her from his arms and how he wouldn’t leave her until they’d taken her back for tests.

And then she’d woken up and asked that he not be allowed into her room to see her.

He’d been shut out until Will had come to find him.

“Remy, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize that this is truly serious for you. I thought you decided it was the easiest way to deal with her. I didn’t know you’re in love with her. That changes a lot. And I’m calm because she’s healthy and I do believe she’s now taking this seriously. I’m trying to find a silver lining. She can’t pretend nothing is wrong. Now we can sit down with her and try to deal with this. I’m not mad. I’m incredibly relieved that you were there. Now tell me why she won’t see you.”

He groaned. “We had a fight. She told me she wanted to come to Louisiana with me. I told her I wouldn’t allow that to happen.”

Will winced. “Well, that would do it.”

He put both hands up. “It was stupid. I reacted in the moment.”

“Why?” Will asked. “It’s easy to see you care about her. Why are you insistent on ending the affair?”

“I’m not anymore,” Remy assured him. “I was scared. I’m going home to save my family business. It’s a piece of crap bar for the most part, but we own the wharf most of the town’s shrimping and tourist industry depends on. It’s hard work. It’s get up at the crack of dawn and pass out at midnight because you can’t keep your eyes open a second longer. She worked hard to get through school. She should be in an office, not working from dawn to midnight serving drinks and selling bait and making sure the rental boats work.”

“I think Lisa was bored in the office and that a business like that could do amazingly well with a smart woman running the financial side. She’s not afraid of hard work.”

“And then there’s my family. We’re fucked up. My sister recently had a baby out of wedlock. I don’t even know who the father is. My brother. My brother started drinking young, and he’s well acquainted with the inside of a jail cell. My momma. I don’t even know how to explain my momma.”