“What a surprise,” Zara snapped, but Kat had turned away. She grabbed onto Melody’s hand and took her down the stairwell, rushing down as fast as they could. She ignored Zara’s heckling.
Melody traipsed along, trying not to trip down the stairs. “Kat, Kat wait!”
“Sorry,” Kat panted, looking up the stairs. Zara wasn’t following them. “I just…needed to get away from her.”
“Yeah, that’s fine. Just don’t trip me,” Melody chuckled, squeezing Kat’s hand.
“Sorry, sorry, I just…God, that was awful of me to tell her, wasn’t it? But she honestly just expects me to go off to California tonight, without even giving notice to my employer? I’m on thin ice here as it is, and I feel bad for Adelaide, but I can’t just justify—”
“Katherine.” Melody squeezed her shoulders. “You’re not awful, and you’re
