Page 88 (1/2)

“Is it bad if I am?” Caroline whispered back—equally loudly “Tell him it’s none of his business”

The phone was passed again Josh leaned against the kitchen counter as he waited to see whom he’d talk to next

“Caroline ne,” his mother said There was a pause “Maybe three or four”

“I’ll be there in half an hour,” Josh said through a grin

He dug a couple of bin liners out from under the sink and headed for the stairs If Caroline was drunk, this was so room to find his dad had, thankfully, put his pants back on He took twoon his back on the couch reading a romance novel

“You’ve lost your nation

“Go away I’ research”

“Research?”

His father scowled at him “These

books are full of hoo your o away”

Josh shook his head and cli her clothes in the bags She hadn’t been specific about what clothes she wanted to burn, so Josh loaded up everything expect the two dresses he liked and one set of lavender lingerie that he thought was cute Then he went back downstairs, fished Caroline’s phone out of the kitchen drawer and called the only cab in town to take him to the castle

When the doorbell rang, everyone expected it to be Josh Which, now that Caroline thought about it, was stupid, because Josh had a key

“There’s a guy at the door who isn’t Josh,” Heather said with some confusion

Caroline elbowed her way past the women to find herself face to face with fake Josh “What are you doing here?”

She was ai for prihtly slow and took a long ti the words rather than speaking them