Affogato (BrewBiz Book 1) by E.M. Lindsey

Author:E.M. Lindsey [Lindsey, E.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

Caleb: Fuck! Do you need me? Is he okay?

Bodhi: IDK. We’re in an Uber.

Caleb: Going?

Bodhi: Dorms, I think. Long story. Can you meet me?

Caleb: Tell Uber come here. I have guest room. Ravi sleep.

It was telling that Bodhi didn’t argue with him for the first time ever about being an inconvenience. Whatever happened must have been bad, and Caleb immediately felt like shit for assuming Bodhi would run when things got slightly complicated.

That wasn’t Bodhi’s move.

It was his.

He found himself pacing the front window until he saw a car pull up with the little Uber light, and he threw open the door, taking the stairs two at a time and almost falling on his face before he reached the landing. He came to a stop just as Bodhi got his brother out, and Caleb could see the Uber driver speaking, but Bodhi either couldn’t hear him, or he didn’t care.

Not that it mattered. The guy got paid through the app.

He was gone before Bodhi could turn around, and Caleb immediately noticed that he was supporting Ravi who had a very nice shiner around his left eye, a fat lip, and he was holding his arm close to his body like his ribs were broken.

“Inside. Come on.” He gingerly wrapped an arm around Ravi, and together, they got him up the stairs and into the house. The door shut with a firm gust of pressure from an open window somewhere, and Caleb jumped when the vibrations hit him in the chest.

Ravi winced and Caleb gave him another once over before gesturing to the guest room.

Bodhi nodded, then helped Ravi limp his way over while Caleb grabbed a glass of water and a bottle of ibuprofen he kept above the fridge. He would have assumed Ravi was given something for pain, but with the way he was grimacing, Caleb couldn’t be sure.

When he poked his head into the room, Ravi was on his back, his eyes closed, his chest moving evenly. It helped ease some of the tension as he walked over and dropped the medicine bottle on the nightstand.

Bodhi was standing beside the window, gently rocking back and forth, his hands clenching and unclenching in tight fists.

“What happened?” Caleb asked once he had his attention.

Bodhi licked his lips, swallowing heavily. “I don’t know. He got into a fight, I think.”

Caleb’s eyes widened. “A fight?”

Bodhi nodded. “He was…” His hands fluttered like a stim, but Caleb could tell he was just searching for the signs.

“Spell it.”

Bodhi did. “Unconscious. Knocked out. At the bar.”

Caleb winced. “Ambulance?”

Bodhi nodded again and his hands began to move a little more easily. “He sent me a text when he asked for an interpreter and the nurses refused. It woke me up. Then they called our grandparents before I got there. He could hear one of the nurses talking about it, so he ran. I found him in the parking lot.”

Caleb felt odd. Sort of angry that Bodhi had slipped out without telling him, but he also understood more than he wanted to admit.

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