Those words looked like they caused him pain. “What?”
“Don’t mention my friends to my mom.”
“Why not? She knows you’re having them over.”
Then the pieces started to fall into place. Norah linked what Lani had said about Kai’s loser friends and how critical she’d been of them to Kai’s desire for Lani to not find out who was in the basement. She took the information to file away when she had time to think.
“She doesn’t like them and I don’t want her getting upset.”
“On one condition.”
The muscle in his jaw twitched, which made her smile.
“You let your mom host her book club again.”
Something flashed in his eye and she knew she should’ve gone for something bigger.
“As long as it’s on a night when I work late and they leave when I get home.”
“Agreed.” She stuck her hand out to shake
