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“Wow.” Jessica stared around at the women and pushed up to lean against the wall. “Well, this is one way to wake up.”
Cat leaned an arm on Candi’s shoulder. “I heard Baruti giving Samuel a lot of shit this morning. Know anything about that?”
Well. Shit.
“Samuel and Jess don’t really get along,” Robin said.
Jessica steeled herself and charged ahead. “That’s not entirely true…”
Robin’s head whipped around. “What?”
Cat plopped onto the foot of the bed. “Oh, storytime!”
“I’m going to want to hear this,” Kelsey agreed and came to sit on Jessica’s side of the bed.
Within moments the queen bed was almost completely covered with people. And Jessica had no idea what to say if she should say anything, or what was happening. So she went with the truth.
“Samuel and I are… Friends. I think,” Jessica said.
Cat arched a brow at her. “Friends?”
“That’s pretty good given how you two were at each other’s throats,” Robin chimed in.
Jessica cringed. “I wouldn’t say we were at each other’s throats.”
Robin gaped at her and Jessica knew immediately that she’d said the wrong thing.
Kelsey threw up her hands. “I can’t see Samuel butting heads with anyone. He’s just too nice.”
“I have to disagree,” Felecia said slowly. “He didn’t like me.”
“Well…” Kelsey opened and closed her mouth. “You’re weird.”
Felecia shrugged. “That’s the truth.”
What was that story?
Robin continued to stare at the side of Jessica’s head.
“Samuel and I argued a lot, and I had occasionally strong feelings about him, but we talked it out while we drove.” She shrugged and pulled her knees up to her chest. ”
“That sounds like Samuel,” Kelsey said.
Jessica was acutely aware of Robin staring at her. With any luck, she wouldn’t say anything until they were alone.
Diha held up her hand, as if this was an orderly class and not chaos. “Not to be the one to break up the party, but… I do actually need your assistance. I am verifying the intelligence you gave Zora and had some questions.”
Felecia groaned loudly.
“Girls can’t ever just have fun,” Candi muttered.
Jessica seized on the opportunity to change the subject. “Yeah, how can I help?”
“When you’ve had something to eat and are up for it, will you come to the lab?” Diha asked.
“Of course.” Jessica glanced down at the sweatshirt she’d worn to sleep in. The temperature down here underground was rather cool.
“I brought you a few things,” Robin said.
