“I know. I will. Soon.” The thought of telling his sons their mother had left him for another man made Kevin feel physically ill.

A gorgeous dark-haired woman approached them, and Frank’s face lit up with a huge smile as he held out a hand to her.

“Lovely ceremony, Your Honor,” she said with a warm smile for Frank.

Kevin watched in stunned amazement as Frank put his arm around the woman and she rested her arm on his shoulder. In all the years since Joann died, he’d never seen Frank with another woman.

“Thank you. Betsy, this is my baby brother, Kevin. Kevin, Betsy Jacobson.”

“Nice to meet you,” Kevin said, raising a brow in his brother’s direction. “Speaking of holding out…”

Frank laughed and looked up at Betsy with unabashed affection. “It’s a fairly recent development.”

“Not so recent,” Mac said with a teasing grin for the happy couple. “It’s been going on for a while now.”

Kevin experienced a pang of envy for the happiness his older brother had found after decades on his own. “You’ve got one of the good ones, Betsy.”

“I know.”

“Kevin just told us he’s going to be sticking around for a while,” Frank told Betsy.

“That’s great,” she said. “I look forward to getting to know you better.”

“Me, too.” Kevin looked forward to that and anything else that kept him away from the nightmare unfolding at home.

Chapter 30

Chapter 30

After everyone had eaten the Caribbean-themed dinner that Stephanie’s chef had prepared, Evan moved to the corner of the deck that had been set aside for him, his sound engineer, Josh, and two other musicians Evan had recruited to provide the music for the night’s festivities. He plugged his prized Gibson Les Paul electric guitar into the small amplifier he’d brought from the studio. Behind him, the sun dipped toward the horizon in a blaze of orange and red and gold that would end in a spectacular sunset.