Chapter Nineteen
TESS
Morning broke through the thin curtains of the sunroom where I had fallen asleep the night before with the third book in my hands.
My eyes were still puffy from crying. Thank God no one saw me last night. My heart broke when I got to the part where Keith brought Savannah the fish because she kept pushing people away.
Gawd, I’m a sucker for angsty books!
I ran my hands through my hair and tugged my clothes back into place as I heard voices outside the door.
“Morning.” Gus’s raspy voice broke through my fog, and I smiled when I saw he had two mugs of coffee in his hands. I stood to take them from him as he struggled to walk without splashing. “Thanks.”
“How’d you find me?”
His smile quickly changed into a squint as he dropped into the overstuffed chair across fr
