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“So, what happened with my brother?”
“Nothing happened,” Jane said.
“Bullshit. You spent last night with him, didn’t you?”
Jane picked at a thread on the quilt. “Fine. Yes, we had sex.”
Amy grinned and held out her fist. “It’s about damn time.”
Jane rolled her eyes and fist-bumped her. “I’m pretty tired, Amy. Can we talk another time?”
“Nope,” Amy said cheerfully. “It’s not that late, and if I don’t get all the details from you now, I never will. Why are you looking so depressed?”
“I’m not,” Jane said. “I’m tired.”
“Ugh. Yeah, I know why you’re tired,” Amy said. “Seriously though, what’s going on? I assumed you were with Luke when you didn’t come home today, but he showed up to family dinner without you. He said he spent the morning with you and Mama J, but you told him you had other plans tonight.”
“I did,” Jane said.
Amy stared at her, and Jane sighed. “Last night was amazing, and I enjoyed myself immensely, but your brother and I agreed that last night was it. We had sex, got it out of our systems, and now we’re back to the way it was before.”
“It’s not going to work.”
“It’ll work,” Jane said.
“It won’t,” Amy said. “Trust me, Janie. Once you sleep with someone you work with, it never goes back to normal.”
“Are you speaking from experience?” Jane asked.
Amy jerked like a live wire had touched her. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means that I think you and Mark slept together.”
“Why would you think I slept with him? I told you I hate him,” Amy said before bursting into tears.
Feeling terrible, Jane put her arm around her. “Honey, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have been so nosy.”
Amy continued to sob, and Jane pulled her closer. She reached for some tissue from her bedside table and handed it to Amy before holding her and rubbing her back. When Amy’s sobs had slowed to sniffles, she sat back and gave Jane a watery smile.
“Better?” Jane asked.
Amy shrugged and blew her nose before leaning back against the headboard. “I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be,” Jane said. “Do you want to talk about it?”
Amy stared up at the ceiling. “No, I don’t.”
“All right,” Jane said.
Amy gave her a surprised look. “Thanks, Jane. I appreciate that.”
Jane shrugged. “If you don’t want to talk about it, I won’t push you.”
“Yeah, maybe you could mention that to Valerie. She’s my best friend, and I love her, but the woman’s like a dog with a bone. She won’t stop asking me what’s wrong.”
“She’s worried about you, and so am I,” Jane said.
“I’m fine,” Amy said. “Will you seriously try to act like you never slept with my brother?”
