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Stopping in front of ? What happened?”

“Oh, Renée…” My throat aches, and when I close my eyes, two tears hit my cheeks Nooo… I don’t want to cry anymore, butis wrong I had to come home and see you I just… I just needed to see you”

It’s so late, and I’m so tired I don’t knohat I want to say to her, but I can’t do it tonight Instead, I hug her again, placing ainst her shoulder

“Did Patton Fletcher hurt you?” Her voice is not scolding It’s protective and warht to be

How long has it been since she was able to help me like this?

I don’t even care

“No… Imy head, our eyes meet Her hazel ones are so full of concern, I want to talk to her about this, but I can’t do it tonight “It’s really complicated”

“Let medown I call it gogo-gi It’s i berries and rose hips, leht as rain”

I don’t bother re her I don’t like hot tea I’m too tired, and honestly, with the wayif it helps me feel less devastated

Following her into the kitchen, I sit at the long table across from the bar as she fills the kettle

Looking around at the er “What happened to the house?”

She pauses, see confused She follows my eyes around the room then returns to me “What do you mean?”

“It looks a When did you do all this work? How could I not have known?”

“Well… I guess I should have told you” Her lips press together as she clicks on the gas stove “But I was pretty confident this would work out, and it was clear you weren’t planning to come back here to live any time soon So I did my research and crunched the nu business school I didn’t want you to worry”

Listening to her explaining makes me smile in spite of myself Renée ra with her, feeling our fa