CHAPTER 10
SPENDING DAY AFTER day on my own started to wear me down. I threw my sandwich crusts out onto the back lawn for the birds just to have some company. After my fourth morning in a row spent without seeing a human soul, I phoned Missy as I hung out yet another load of laundry that was too delicate to tumble dry.
“How’s the wedding planning going?”
My eardrums protested as she squealed down the line. “I’ve been meaning to call you! How’s your new life?”
I told her about my job at Adler House, glossing over the gory details of the inside. “It’s hard work, but at least I’ve left my stalker behind.”
“Sounds amazing! And you’re far enough away that you can’t hear my soon-to-be mother-in-law screeching, either.”
“She’s giving you a hard time?”
“You’d think it was her getting marri
