Chapter 7

“Yes?”

“Jonah, look, can we talk?”

But I wasn’t ready. My insides remained in turmoil. And I still wasn’t sure I wanted to hear whatever he had to say. I stared at him as my thoughts chased each other. “I…I have a lot of work to do. You know how it is.”

“Jonah.”

But I was already racing down the hall, escaping the whole situation like the coward I was.

* * * *

I really did try to work. First, I had to leave the safety of the bedroom because I didn’t have a place to set up my laptop and the reception was spotty. But even after I set up in the kitchen, my focus was shot. Cooper was being a good boy, sticking to the living room and letting me work. But the downside of the open floorplan was that I could still see him.