CHAPTER 51
ARI
Use the spa, Alexa had said.
Yeah, right.
Chase had called a little after ten this morning with Erin’s travel itinerary and an instruction for me to return to the Forest Lodge Hotel after I’d dropped her off at San Francisco International. Alexa was busy working, apparently, and she’d call me later with an update, but how much later, Chase hadn’t specified.
So, here I was.
Waiting.
Earlier, I’d dug out my sneakers and gone for a run, pounding along the trails near the hotel until my lungs burned and my legs ached. When Morty was alive, I’d gone to the gym religiously three times a week, sometimes four, but during my months in California, exercise had fallen by the wayside. With Zach, I’d gotten used to leisurely days chilling on the beach while he did all the hard wor
