CHAPTER 76
“Hey, man.” Eliot jumps away from me and stands there with his hand stretched out like he’s Jake’s long-lost buddy.
Jake ignores him and doesn’t take his eyes off me. “What are you doing?”
His entrance has startled my tears away for now. “I didn’t know you were in town,” is all I can think to say.
He gives Eliot a quick once-over. “I figured that part out myself.”
“Listen.” Eliot takes a step forward. He’s filled out since his days as a sickly asthmatic. He’s a few inches taller than Jake and slightly stronger by appearances. “Tiff’s had a bad day. She just found out Grandma Lucy’s in the hospital ...”
“Tiff?” Jake interrupts, his steadfast eyes never losing their angry focus. “Since when did the doctors around here start calling you Tiff? And who the heck is Grandma Lucy?
