After pulling up outside his large double garage and pressing the remote, his mobile phone rang.
“Hello?”
“It’s me.”
“Oh, Luca. How are you?”
Luca laughed. “Don’t sound so happy to hear from me.”
“Sorry. I was just parking the car.” He turned off the engine.
“Where have you been?”
“In town. I got a couple of magazines with you on the cover.”
“No kidding?”
Hearing Luca so excited, without him there, created a heavy feeling in the pit of his stomach. “Yes,” he managed to say. “Really.”
“Well, I’m about to do one more shoot. Danny, Simone’s friend in Melbourne, is doing some shots for GQ and wants me for the cover. It’s way more money than I’ve been getting, and I get to go to New York, only I won’t be able to come home before I do.”
Duncan’s chest tightened, adding to the already
