But no…she should use that money to buy another house, shouldn’t she? That would be the smart thing to do.
No, the smart thing to do is invest in yourself, she thought. She liked to think her parents would understand. The house had been their dream…but it didn’t necessarily have to be hers. Funny how it had taken a bunch of destructive demons to teach her such an important truth.
“That’s for sure,” she said, knowing her voice sounded a little shaky. Of all the ways she’d thought this conversation might go, this was definitely not one of them.
“Speaking of which,” Michael went on, “I still haven’t heard a damn thing from Colin. I wonder what’s going on.”
“Maybe he’s still editing, like you said.”
“Possibly, but even he comes up for air enough to check his texts and his voicemail…and ge
