24
Nate
Four nights later
“We should’ve brought Nova.”
I threw Quincey a look because she’d been the one to suggest we use Emily for the night.
“You said she’d be a distraction.”
“Exactly.” Her lips were thinned. We were in my SUV, heading to Graham’s house for a family “reunion” dinner, and what I said was correct. Quincey had been torn whether Nova should come or not. She went back and forth until saying what I just responded to her with, which was correct. Nova would be a distraction. Everyone loved Nova, and the dinner talk we needed to have would not be kid-appropriate. Nova might not understand, but kids sensed everything.
After her confession, Quincey relaxed around me.
The night and immediate day after I pushed her about reaching out to her family, she’d been tense the whol
