Chapter 20Hailee knocked on Kit’s door three times before she answered. She was dressed in yoga pants and a different university sweatshirt. She smiled when she saw her, but her eyes also seemed quite tired.
“Hey,” Hailee greeted. Tootsie barked at the same time. She took out a treat from her back pocket and slipped it to her to be quiet. “I was just about to head out on a walk. Want to join me? And then we can…”
“I have a math assignment,” Kit said, her lips thin. “It’s been dragging me down, if I’m honest. I should have worked on it yesterday but…I was getting surprises.”
“I see.” Hailee shifted from foot to foot. “Is everything okay?”
“Why wouldn’t it be okay?”
“I don’t know. Rebecca came to my place. And I know you probably know some stuff about me and her—”
“I don’t think anythi
