83

KATYA

By the time I finally work up the nerve to text Grant, the workday’s over — and for once in my life, I don’t stay late.

Mr. Donovan looks at me like I’ve just announced I’m leaving to become a wizard’s assistant in Hogwarts. Full confusion. Slight concern. Mostly disbelief.

But I don’t even register it. I’m too busy spiraling into what is absolutely not a mid-life crisis. Just a very respons