in place. Hunter was in our office when I got back to the therapy department.
He looked up from the computer when I walked in and gave me a hesitant grin. “You don’t look like a man who just murdered someone.”
“That’s because I didn’t.” I went to sit in the chair he usually occupied and let my hands hang between my knees, bringing my eyes up to his. “But it’s time for us to make our practice our priority. I didn’t only receive news about Craig this morning. I also heard back from the board. They’re prepared to offer us a deal. So are you ready to leave?”
“Whenever you are,” he said, a weight suddenly seeming to lift from his shoulders. “Talk to me. What are they offering us?”
Chapter 34
APRIL
What is that annoying thing tickling my nose? It took my subconscious a second to catch up to the fact that it felt exactly like Katie’s old, annoying way of waking me up.
I groaned and tried to flip over on my side, but my boobs hit the leather upholstery of her couch instead of my bed. Cursing myself for not taking Adi and going home after dinner, I rolled over and cracked open an eye.
“What do you want?” I asked.
Katie was fully dressed already, looking as impeccable as always with her hair pulled into a low bun at the nape of her neck and clad in a pressed white dress. She peered down at me with a steaming mug of coffee perched between her manicured fingers.
“You got out of telling me what in the world happened yesterday because Adi was awake, and then once she was asleep, you were just too deathly tired to utter a single darn word.”
I flung my arm over my eyes dramatically. “So you thought it was better to wake me up to talk about it now? What time is it?”
“Just after five.” She shrugged. “You’ve had enough sleep. If you’re super nice to me, I might even go fix you a cup of coffee before I make you spill the beans.”
“In all honesty, I’m surprised you waited this long.” I let out a long breath as the events of the day before came crashing into me. “So please will you get me some coffee while I just go brush my teeth and stuff?”
“It’s a testament to how often you stay here that you even keep a toothbrush here,” she said before turning to head toward her kitchen. “Make sure that never changes, okay? No matter what, I don’t want to lose our sleepovers when we only started having them again after Luna fell in love.”
“That’s not true. We just didn’t have them so often before, but we’ve always had them.” I realized that I didn’t have it in me to keep arguing with her. “We won’t lose them again though. Why would we?”
“Oh, you know.” She flicked her hand as she paused in the doorway. “Just now that you’re seeing a guy. Please buy different toothbrushes for his place and leave those ones here. I’ve grown used to seeing them all over my bathroom.”
“Oh, ha,” I replied humorlessly. “Very funny. I don’t think you have to worry about that.”
When I got back to the living room, she was seated in her armchair and my coffee was standing on a coaster on her table. I climbed onto the couch I also preferred to sleep on when we stayed over here, and I pulled my blanket over my knees.
As I leaned over to get my caffeine fix, I felt like I’d aged ten years overnight. My back ached, my hip felt like it was cracked, and my neck was so stiff I could barely turn it.
“Jesus Christ,” I muttered. “He’s going to be the cause of my death one of these days.”
Katie frowned at me. “Who? Chris?” Her face fell and her nose scrunched up. “Eww, don’t tell me you’re moving like that because of whatever acrobatics you two were up to before you came over here last night.”
“Definitely not.” Although I kind of wished that were the case. “I was talking about Craig actually.”
“You slept with Craig?” she whispered furiously, confusion darkening her eyes before she tore them away from me to look down the hall to where Adi was sleeping. “What were you thinking, April? Why?”
“I didn’t sleep with him,” I hissed. “Is she awake? Why are we whispering?”
My sister cleared her throat and sat back. “If it’s not that, we don’t need to whisper. It was