REDB ack home in bed, Red tossed and turned, watching the pale moonlight pass across the ceiling until dawn. Dani was neurotic, but very likeable, genuine, and down to earth. She was in a constant state of overwhelm. It was hard to ascertain whether it was her usual approach to life, or a more recent condition with the two she’d taken into her small apartment. Getting to know Dani and her family had felt like reconnecting with old friends, or maybe distant, long-lost relatives. Red hadn’t realized how lonely she’d been for company, real company, not just Matt at Sunday brunch, or pretending with Sasha. Connecting with Dani felt honest and real. It wasn’t only because they’d slept with, loved, and been hurt by the same man. They mirrored similarities, easy to laugh and easy to cry, vulne

