19 Knight One Month Later “What the hell does she want?” It’s a valid question Colton’s asking me. Or, yelling at me. Getting a text—or any form of communication—from an ex, out of the blue, can be a complicated thing, and it makes you ask yourself some serious questions. Should I answer this? What do they want? A million little questions that are better to wonder about than to actually ask outright, but the first question is a good place to start. “No idea,” I tell him as we go over some ideas for a future Wordsmith signing. “This is the first I’ve heard from her since she moved out and into what’s-her-face’s place. Maybe she saw all of our activity on f*******: after the signing. She’s still in the indie book world, after all.” “There’s something I’ve always wanted to ask you about

