At first, I worried I had said something wrong. Elio looked... well, I wasn't entirely certain. I could tell he was trying to keep something from his expression, almost like he was flustered by the news, because Elio could read me, but I could read him, too.

It struck me a moment too late. Elio was already hugging me when I realized he had been married to Oliver and now he wasn't. Talking about someone else getting married couldn't be easy for him and I felt a rush of guilt. But I had to tell him. He was my brother.

Besides, I knew he wasn't lying when he said he was happy for me. I knew he meant it and I hugged him back fiercely, almost trying to apologize with it.