Zeke
“I’m a terrible person.”
I’m back on the porch with Miss Penny, who’s regarding me with an unreadable expression. I have no doubt that she knows what happened this morning, the same way she’s aware of everything that goes on in this house.
I don’t need her to tell me that I f****d up. I was supposed to warn Julia about the threat Amos poses, not claim her. Even though she’d thought it was a dream, I still had no right to trick her like that. I feel so guilty that I can hardly think about anything else.
“Do you regret it?” Miss Penny asks suddenly, breaking me from my cocoon of self pity.
I shake my head. “It was amazing,” I admit abashedly. “But I feel like I took advantage of her. How can I ever fix this?”
“You start by doing right by her,” she replies sternly. “You need to com
