Chapter 37
Juno
I wake up to the smell of Lucius on my sheets and an ache in my chest.
Jackknifing to my feet, I rip the offending linens off the bed and toss them into a pile. If I want to stay sane, I’ll have to do emergency laundry.
When does the laundromat open again?
I reach for my phone so I can call the place, but then I recall that I forgot the stupid phone.
Ugh, I need to get it back.
My new destination—Lucius’s grandmother’s house.
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A few seconds after I not-so-gently bang on Pearl’s door, Aleksy opens it.
“You just missed him,” he says without preamble.
Grr. “Him” must be Lucius. I didn’t realize I was risking bumping into him.
Or maybe I did realize it.
Maybe I wanted it.
No.
Unlike Aleksy, I’m not a masochist.
“I forgot my phone on the coffee table in the
