Chapter Twenty-Six
Tanner
“Tanner, would you mind going with me to the hardware store after the last class? I’ll only have an hour until it closes and I need someone else’s eyes to make sure I buy the right things. The tenants in 2D are moving at the end of the month and I want to have all the supplies ready for the maintenance man to begin work right away, fixing little odds and ends.” Aunt Dottie asked before the first class of the day started filing into the ballet studio.
I nodded, then began to play scales to deflect any further conversation. My head was in a terrible place, and I wasn’t in the mood to talk about it with anyone.
Last night after Griffin had told me how he really felt about me, I’d run outside into a downpour, then ran three blocks to a little Italian restaurant on
