Chapter 24
Aidan came out of the bathroom, wrapping a towel around his waist. Oscar came to his side, nudging his knee quickly before turning back to sit at Becca’s feet. Becca stood by the counter. Her arms were wrapped around her waist. His gut coiled with tension. He rubbed his hair with another towel and quickly got dressed, electing to give her the space she seemed to need.
Becca turned to him when he came back out of the bathroom a few minutes later. Her eyes had a frantic look, and her words tumbled out rapidly. “Look, you have to know I really appreciate you came up here. I heard everything you said the other night. I just need…I need…” She threw her hands up. “I don’t know, I don’t know. I have to go.”
Before Aidan had a chance to say anything, she snatched her purse off the co
