“Let me talk to Maria. She is good with…unorthodox cases.”
“Who is Maria? A shrink?”
“Sensory therapist but kind of a jack-of-all-trades, really.”
“Yeah, I know about those. Jack-of-all-trades, master of none.”
“Worth a shot, right?” Lydia put a lip lock on her straw.
“Can’t hurt I suppose. You really can suck.”
“Thanks a lot.”
“Just going by what Brax told me.” Lydia gave Fiona a fun punch on the shoulder. Fiona rubbed it, downplaying the fact that it actually hurt. It left in its wake an awkward silence, as their friendship was still too fresh to discount teasing or seemingly innocent acts of violence. They both stretched their heads back to the warmth of midday sun, two women trying to make the most out of the fickleness of life.
By the time Officer Eric Barbosa graduated the ac
