Joshifer

Chapter 6

I don’t respond to the question. Instead, I suggest that we go home. He nods in agreement.

“I had to see for myself,” Nick quietly says. He looks tired and sad. I want to go over and give him a hug but I know that that would be the wrong thing to do now. Instead, I just stand par the front door and say, “What do toi mean?”

“Jennifer, I think we’ve known each other long enough to dispense with any pretense,” says Nick with a slight edge to his voice. Then he sits down on the canapé and buries his face in his hands. After a moment, he turns, looks at me and says, “So are...