Nicolae actually felt surprised when he realized that Vega did not protest nor complain when he didn't come to see them in Bordeaux. He instead went to Grosetto and was busy taking care of Summer and Marie and their wedding.
When Nicolae called Altair and Vega, both of them sounded cheerful and was not upset.
Nicolae secretly felt baffled. Was this how it felt to have teenagers? Maybe they no longer cared about him as much as when they were just little kids...
He knew Altair spent a lot of time chatting with JM whenever they had free time, while Vega seemed to be very active on social media, appeared on various videos on the media channel owned by Tatiana, her best friend.
He suddenly felt old. At first, he thought Vega would feel sad because he could not come to Bordeaux to be with them. But she didn't seem to care...
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"Big brother Mischa."
Chapter 2 of 8 from mass release today :)