Chapter 22“I have a surprise for you.” Katie looked up from her phone gleefully. She’d been texting nearly nonstop on the bus ride back home. Nick had been worried she was talking to Dunja or Ilana about his parents, and that the entire evening had gone poorly. But her smile now—so wide it seemed to split her face in two—made those fears disappear.
“Do you now?” Nick asked, trying to be coy. “A good surprise or a bad surprise?”
“A good one. Don’t worry.” She kissed his nose quickly. “This week and a half, and your parents and dog, have all been fantastic. Don’t think otherwise.”
“I wasn’t…” Nick stopped talking when Katie arched a brow. She knew him too well already. He slid a hand over her knee, which she patted with her palm. The sky was dark, nearly no light whatsoever because of a n
