The others commented on how quickly two days went by. For Kadie, the minutes dragged, but she didn’t complain, at least not in public. On the rare occasions Tuck took her out for food or they got a minute alone, she expressed her concern for Howie because she didn’t want him to think she’d abandoned him and they had no idea what he was going through.
Tuck kept his cool, they all did, so Kadie did her best to make out that she was handling everything without concern. Sometimes she got close to freaking out. Having Tuck nearby always helped to soothe her.
There were times when she looked at him that she wanted to smack him in the head. They’d come so close to being apart forever. He’d given up on them, chosen the Kindred and left her in the dust. It didn’t matter how many times he told her
