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After donating another book to Muhammed and chatting through what he’d been up to since I’d been away, I headed for the lift, more than ready to take the rest of the day off. I was so ready to get back into the kitchen and whip up some treats, then scoff them in front of the TV as I caught up on some knitting. Life had been so crazy that I’d not done either of my chill activities in almost two weeks. I couldn’t wait.
As the elevator doors opened, I jumped back. A figure blocked my path. I breathed a sigh of relief when he turned around and it was only Tim from next door.
‘Oh, hey Tim,’ I said as I stepped around him.
‘Where have you been?’
‘Excuse me?’ Tim and I weren’t exactly on the level of neighbourly acquaintance where we questioned each other’s whereabouts.
‘I noticed you haven’t been around much for the past few days. I was worried.’
‘That’s... um... sweet of you. But I was just away visiting some friends.’
‘A boyfriend?’
‘I don’t think that’s any of your business, Tim.’ I fiddled with my keys, trying to get the right one so I could escape my weird neighbour’s interrogation.
‘Sorry. No, of course it isn’t. I just like to look out for you girls. On your own in the city and all.’
‘We’re okay. Thanks.’
My door swung open, and Tim fidgeted as he dropped his eyes to the floor. ‘Okay. Sorry. Go safe, yeah?’
‘So bloody weird,’ I muttered to myself as I locked the door behind me.
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
LOGAN
Maeve topped up my glass with a rich red wine while Ewen slapped two boxes of pizza on the counter.
‘It feels like forever since we’ve done this,’ said Maeve as she perched on a barstool and grabbed a slice, the mozzarella making a long, stringy bridge between the box and her hand.
‘That’s because you are all boring marrieds now,’ Ewen replied with a smirk.
‘I’m not,’ I added.
‘As good as.’
‘Ewen’s just jealous because he’s a single pringle,’ Maeve said.
‘Why would I be jealous? I’m single and own a sex club, I’ve got filth on tap. With whomever I fancy. You’re stuck to one dick for life.’
Maeve grinned. ‘It’s a great dick, though.’
‘Too much information,’ Ewen said, ‘speaking of too much information, we’ve not had nearly enough about what you got up to at Rosenhall. It’s been forever since I’ve seen Alfie.’
‘What makes you think I got up to anything?’
‘Because you’ve been weird ever since you got back. Mopey. Even more of a grump than usual.’
As much as I’d tried to just get on with work and pretend like the Valentina situation hadn’t happened, I was plagued with a mind full of her. Would talking about it help?
I looked from Ewen to Maeve, not used to letting people into my private thoughts.
‘I met someone and I can’t stop thinking about her.’
I’d leave out the details about her being too young for me and Nicole’s cousin, I didn’t need them to judge me any harder than I was judging myself.
