19 “Wait, WHAT?” I leaned forward as if that would somehow help me make sense out of what Courtney had just told me. She and I were sitting at our usual booth at Joe’s for girls’ night. Thankfully, Seth hadn’t arrived yet. I couldn’t imagine what he would have to say about what Court had just shared with me. Courtney repeated the words she had just uttered, but more slowly this time, as if she was speaking to a small child. “When I walked into the kitchen last night, Sam had his p***s in a bucket of ice.” “That’s what I thought you said.” I shook my head. “Why would he do that?” Court shrugged her shoulders. “Beats me. I thought maybe you two had some kind of kinky ritual going on. That’s why I hightailed it to my bedroom and hid out in there all night.” For the first time since findi

