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“You really think we can do it?”
“Yeah. I know we can.”
It’d been three weeks since Kat had come to stay with me, though at times, it felt like Trevor was staying with us too, with how many nights he’d spent over. I’d cleared out the office and ordered a bed from Ikea, transforming the space into a makeshift bedroom for Kat.
I loved it. Having her back and knowing she was safe was only part of it; Kat and I living together again brought me back to simpler times.
I’d been heading down the hallway when I’d overheard Trevor and Kat talking about possibly leaving. I couldn’t help but linger by the bedroom door for a bit.
“How?” Kat asked. “I’ve lived in Boston my whole life. I can’t imagine living anywhere else.”
“It’d be an adventure,” Trevor said. “Me and you. We could go someplace like Seattle or Phoenix, start a new life together.”
A pause, then Kat sighed. “I don’t know what I’d even do for a job. Something tells me you wouldn’t be thrilled about me stripping.”
“You don’t need to strip. I can look for a transfer to another construction firm in another city. Like Miami! There’s so much construction happening down there, they’d kill for someone like me.”
“Miami…” Kat said the word as if trying it on for size. “That could be nice. But I don’t want to go somewhere with you so I can bum around the house all day. I want todosomething.”
“How about college?”
“College? I mean… it didn’t really take the first time.”
“That was years ago. You’ve lived a lot since then, grown up a ton. I bet if you went back, you’d kick butt.”
More silence, and I could tell she was really giving it some major thought.
“Let me take some time with it.”
“Of course. But I’m here for you, no matter what.”
I tore myself away from the conversation, scolding myself a bit for listening in the way I had. All the same, I was pleased as hell to hear that she and Trevor were not only looking like they’d be picking things up from where they’d left off but were possibly on the verge of starting a new life together.
The idea of Kat moving out of Boston hurt like hell. I’d miss her so much that my heart ached just considering it. But her life in Boston was something she might be better off leaving behind. The idea of her in Miami with Trevor, soaking up the sun on the beach and going back to school made me happier than just about anything else.
I went into the kitchen, ready to fill my coffee and get going to work. The moment I stepped over the threshold; however, I felt dizzy, my head aching, my stomach tightening. I put my hand on the wall to balance myself, an awful, sick feeling running through me. After a few minutes, it passed.
“Claire?”
I stood up, glancing over my shoulder and seeing Kat standing in the hall, an expression of concern on her face.
“You’re sick.” She said it with the sort of bluntness that I’d come to expect from her over the years. Kat had never been one to mince words.
“I’m not sick.” I grabbed my Yeti mug from its usual place in the cabinet, taking off the top and preparing to fill it with my morning dose of coffee.
Kat grinned, leaning against the wall and crossing her arms. “Just because yousayyou’re not sick doesn’t mean you’re not. Your stubbornness can’t beat a virus.”
I sighed as I replaced the top of the mug, shaking my head.
“I’ve got so much going on right now and I have exactly zero time to budget for being sick.”
“Well, whatever you’ve got going on, it doesn’t seem to be getting better. That’s like, what, six times over the last few days you’ve had one of these dizzy spells?”
“Five,” I corrected. “And they’re nothing, they always go away in a few minutes.”
“You ask me,” she said, coming into the kitchen and sidling past me on the way to the coffee, “I think you’re working too hard. You should take a week off or something… maybe we could go on a road trip to New York? Or even north to Maine if you want some quiet.”
I had to admit, the idea was really enticing.
