CHAPTER 15
“I don’t want to go out tonight,” Orchid said, holding her new phone to her ear with her shoulder while she washed her lunch dishes. Tesla had gone back to school, but Orchid still had a few days before she was scheduled to return to Petals & Leis. Her singles cruise should’ve still been going strong, and she felt so removed from that time. From that person she’d been before boarding the ship.
“Come on,” Eden said. “You’re slipping back into oblivion, Orchid.”
“I am not,” she said. “I’m doing fine.” Better than ever, in fact. She’d started looking into what it would take to finish her nursing degree. She’d started a long time ago and being out on that island and needing some medical skills had reminded her how much she enjoyed taking care of others.
When she served others, s
