Kachinas dancing on mountaintops made more sense than Charlie having an affair. “But he adores you.” “Apparently, he adores someone else more.” “You need to explain …” A soft tap at the front door made them both turn. Abbey let out a woof. Nora pushed back from the table and started for the door. “This conversation is not over.” “You aren’t going to open that without seeing who’s out there, are you?” Nora shook her head and reached for the knob. “It’s a big apartment complex, no one is going to stand out there and gun us down.” She pulled the door open to a shivering Petal, wrapped in various layers of knit and gauze. Petal? At her front door? Why? How did she even know where Nora lived? Weird ringed this girl like a wobbly Hula-Hoop. Nora pulled her inside. “Come in.
