Chapter 60: A Woman of Many Talents

The drive to the shop felt longer than usual. It probably wasn't. Traffic was light, and the route hadn't changed. Still, I spent most of the drive wondering what Nicole had in mind for Devon.

She'd been awfully cheerful since breakfast, which was usually a good thing. Unfortunately, I'd just told her about a woman who'd decided my having a girlfriend was an interesting detail rather than a reason to leave me alone, and Nicole had laughed in a way that made me question the wisdom of sharing that information.

Now she was sitting in the passenger seat of her Mercedes, playing one of those word spelling games on her phone and humming a song under her breath like she didn't have a care in the world.

Every now and then, she'd pause to think, tap a few letters, and hum a little louder when she got the word right.

I glanced at her. She didn't look particularly interested in anything beyond the game on her screen, which was mildly concerning.