Page 372 of Safe With You

Ellis walked in.

I glanced toward the clock, then back at him.

“What are you doing here?”

“Good morning to you too.”

“Good morning.” I smiled. “What are you doing here?”

“I can’t stop by and see my girlfriend?”

“You can. You usually tell me first.”

“Then it wouldn’t be a surprise.”

I narrowed my eyes.

“What surprise?”

He came toward the counter with a small paper bag in one hand. Naomi made a sound beside me, but I didn’t look at her.

Ellis stopped in front of me and held out the bag.

“Here.”

I looked from it to him.

“What is this?”

“Open it.”

“Why?”

“Luna.”

I took the bag.

“You’re bossy.”

“And you ask too many questions.”

“That’s not true.”

Naomi laughed behind me.

“Nobody asked you.”

I reached inside the bag and pulled out a journal.

Brown.

The words across the front stopped me.

One thing at a time.

For a second, I just stared at it.

I knew this journal.