Cori sat on the end of the bed in the room where Cassie and Theo were staying. She watched her sister search through her suitcase for her pajamas. It was hard to believe she was there at all, especially after their last conversation.
As happy as she was to know they would spend another Christmas together, it disappointed her too. She enjoyed having Jesse to herself. Now Theo and Allen were taking up his time.
Perhaps that was the reason Nora said her goodnights before slipping downstairs to her room for the evening. Cori wished everyone would do the same. Her body ached for Jesse’s touch. They’d been so close to . . . It didn’t matter. That opportunity sailed away the second they heard the knock on the door.
“Why are you here, Cassie?”
Her sister continued rummaging through her suitcas
