Chapter 137

Vera

I take a moment. “Yeah,” I say. “I’m unsettled. But I’m alright.”

“Different things,” he says.

“Very different,” I agree, leaning my shoulder against him as we walk. “Sitting across from Pierce was…” I stop. “Strange. Not awful. Just strange.”

“Strange is fine.”

“It felt like looking at a photo of a place I used to live. I recognize it, but I don’t live there anymore, and I don’t want to.” I