Chapter 320

“So was she your first mate?” Gary startles me, but I don’t move, don’t speak. I shake my head, not looking away from her. If I look away I acknowledge to someone else that she’s really gone. I haven’t even admitted the words out loud to my friends. “But not just any girl?” Another shake of my head. “Well Ves didn’t miss your little retreat. She thinks you might have been upset with us. I know she