21 Viv 77 days until starting over Things had been somewhat tense in the house, and while Viv didn’t feel entirely responsible for it, it was inconvenient enough to require addressing. She hadn’t meant to snap at Jake. That had just happened in the heat of the moment when the person who was really responsible was Singer. He should have been paying closer attention to his sister, and he certainly should have taken an interest in the people he was currently exposing her to. This man, Emery, the photographer and tattooist. If Viv had been in the house, she never would have allowed him through the door, let alone to install a lock and encourage Lisa’s antisocial behavior. For the most part she avoided Jake. But he happened to enter the kitchen when she was having a slice of toast, and it

