“I had an aloe plant once and even that died and they’re like, indestructible,” she said, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
At the end of lunch, the conversation naturally drifted back to the robberies and Mel told Jess about the madness that was slowly overtaking the town where everyone was a suspect and yet everyone believed that it was the aliens’ fault. Jess laughed in some places and rolled her eyes in others, tapping her finger against her temple during Ella’s theory about the international biker gang and Mel couldn’t remember spending so much time talking to someone that wasn’t Stephen.
Eventually Jess had to go check in to her hotel, which was conveniently named the Sleeping Bag and apparently received nine Prooves out of ten just for that. Mel headed back home with Jess’ number
