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When I was done, he took in a long, slow breath, processing everything.
“I’m so goddamn happy right now. This is a freaking miracle.”
“Listen, Trevor, I’m so sorry that I didn’t tell you right away. It’s just that when I got the call, everything happened so fast.”
“It’s fine. I can only imagine how you felt.”
“Is that Trevor?”
I turned to see Kat standing at the entrance to the hallway, dressed in a pair of my sleeping shorts and the Yale sweatshirt she’d had on the night before. Her eyes were wide with eagerness.
“It is.”
A big smile on her face, she held out her hand.
“Can I talk to him? I want to tell him I’m OK.”
I smiled. “Hey, Trevor? Someone wants to talk to you.”
“Trevor!” she shouted once I handed her the phone. “I can’t believe it’s you!”
She held up her finger, turning and hurrying down the hallway, the bedroom door shutting behind her. I couldn’t hear the words specifically, but I could hear the eagerness and excitement in Kat’s voice. It brought a smile to my face, knowing that Trevor was just as happy to be talking to her as she was with him.
I sipped my coffee, wondering why the hell they’d even broken up in the first place. They’d been such a cute couple back in high school, and all our friends had been so sure that they had what it’d take to end up together.
My fridge was about bare, and I made a mental note to put together an Instacart list with Kat since it was looking like she’d be staying for the time being. For tonight, I wanted her to have something special. Chinese had always been Kat’s favorite, so I opened my laptop and pulled up the DoorDash for Lucky Star, the place down the block.
Right in the middle of putting together the order, Kat burst out of the bedroom with the biggest smile I’d seen on her face since I’d brought her back.
“You’re looking… happy,” I said, raising my eyebrows.
“That’s because I kinda sorta am. Trevor wants to hang out sometime soon. Like, very soon.”
“Like,hang outhang out?”
She pursed her lips. “I mean, not like that. Maybe. I don’t know. My head’s still swimming from everything.” Kat came over to the bar that separated my kitchen from the main living space. “It’s just…” she slid into one of the open seats, thinking it over. “He said that all of this made him realize how much he missed me. Said that he wants to see me in person.”
I smiled. “I think that’s a great idea. Now… I don’t want to be a downer, but right now’s probably not the best time to be going out and meeting up for stuff like that.”
“Well, that’s what I wanted to talk to you about. He said the same thing, and I told him that maybe we could do a lunch here tomorrow. If it’s alright with you, of course.”
“Sure! I’ll be at work, so you’ll have the place to yourself. Just make sure you, ah, change the sheets if things go in that direction.” I let out a wicked laugh after I spoke, Kat reaching over and giving me a swat on the arm in response.
The happiness on her face faded for a moment, as if the weight of everything that she was dealing with had settled onto her. “I’m starting to worry if life is ever going to go back to normal for me, you know?”
“It will, in time. For now, be happy that you’ve got something to look forward to tomorrow.”
She smiled. It was strange looking at Kat. I’d gotten so used to the sight of her with dyed hair and makeup and high heels and tight dresses—all the accoutrements of her life as a stripper. Sitting across from me in those moments; however, her face bare, her smile warm, it was like seeing her the way I had back in high school, back when we were more like sisters than friends.
“Anyway, we need to think about next steps.”
“Next steps? Like what?”
“Like going to the cops.”
Kat didn’t hesitate for a moment before shaking her head.
“No way, no cops.”
