“I think we should because I bet Remy isn’t doing a lot of talking right now.” Sera turned and it was easy to see the conviction in her eyes. “I don’t know what happened between the two of you, but Zep says you’re not sleeping together. There isn’t a woman in the world who Remy can’t charm into bed, so I have to think you’re either lying to the town for some reason and my brother isn’t your type, or he did something wrong. If you and Remy are nothing more than friends, you should know no one here is going to care. I know small towns have bad reputations for being intolerant, but that’s honestly not who we are. If you like women, you don’t have to hide it. Now, Momma will try to set you up with a woman named Christine. This would be a mistake. She’s been trying to set up that crazed harpy for years. She made a bet with my cousin, Susan.”

Wow, Seraphina could talk. “I’m not a lesbian.”

Sera nodded slowly, as though thinking the problem through. “So Remy did something stupid.”

“We’re kind of taking a break. From the physical.” Not that she wanted to. It seemed like Remy had become a bit prudish. Or he knew how much she craved his hot bod and he was manipulating her with it.

“Then he did something really stupid.”

It didn’t look like she was getting out of this one, but then this family seemed very nosy. Perhaps it was foolish to think they could sell this story to them. “He lied to me about something important.”

“That doesn’t sound like my brother. He tends to be incredibly honest.”

She shrugged. And then told the damn truth anyway. “I think he thought he was doing what was best for me. But what he did hurt me a lot. I need some time to think about it and honestly, I have a family in Texas I should probably get back to. I came down here with him because I promised I would help him get Guidry’s running smoothly.”

Not exactly a lie, but Remy had instructed her she wasn’t to tell anyone about the trouble back in Dallas.

“So you were with him but now you’re not, and you nearly murdered Josette over a man you’re not involved with,” Seraphina summed up.

“Pretty much. I was drunk the other night. I lost control.”