fighters, and I would do my best to follow Alice’s guidelines and stay awake so that Landon couldn’t get to me in a dream again. That settled and breakfast finished, I headed back to the bathroom to shower and get ready for work.
I was halfway down the hall when Angelica’s voice stopped me. “So, what did Caleb want to talk to you about?”
I walked back into the kitchen. “What?”
“He came to the apartment looking for you. He said he had to talk to you about something important. I told him about Reid harassing you and sent him to the store. I figure with all that time you spent with Jed in the emergency room, he must have talked to you about whatever it was.”
“We talked about a lot, but nothing important.” I racked my brain to be sure. I wasn’t hit in the head so hard that I wouldn’t remember, was I? “Are you sure he said it was important? Jed told me Caleb bumped into you and just happened to be in the area of the store so he and Jed decided to stop in.”
“That’s what I thought,” Angelica said with a nod as she rinsed her dish and stuck it in the dishwasher.
“What is what you thought?”
“He likes you. He wanted to ask you out. Why else would he make up that story about accidentally bumping into me? He wanted it to seem casual.”
I tried my very best not to roll my eyes. The idea of Caleb asking me out seemed silly at best. He had wanted to go to dinner with me, but that request had felt nothing like him asking me out. “I really don’t think that was what he wanted to talk to me about. Jed certainly didn’t say anything about it.” It bothered me that Caleb had lied about how he’d found out where I was, and I did wonder what could be so important that he’d track me down like that, but I figured I’d ask him when I saw him again.
“Okay, whatever. You don’t appreciate how attractive you are.”
“Angelica, I love you for thinking I’m so pursued by the opposite sex, but the truth is, they are hardly beating down my door.”
At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Angelica gave me a pointed look and a smile. I rolled my eyes. “I’ve got to get ready for work.”
When I walked into the living room, showered and dressed for work, I found Angelica and Cat in deep conversation. Doug, my ghostly friend from the plane, sat in a dark corner, and he winked and waved at me when I looked at him. I hadn’t expected to see him again, but I ignored him and focused on the two living people in the room.
Angelica looked up as I walked in. “Here she is now. I was just telling Cat what a great roommate you are.”
“She really was,” Doug said. “She’s a sweet girl.”
I smiled and sat down on the couch next to Angelica. “Just don’t tell her about the super long showers I take.”
“You make up for it with all of the grocery shopping and cooking you do. Seriously, Cat, you’ll never go hungry here.”
Cat smiled and leaned back in the blue armchair. She seemed completely at ease and happy. Angelica usually brought out the best in people. “Sounds great to me. When can I move in?”
“Today, if you’d like,” Angelica said, then looked at me. “I mean, if it’s okay with Kelsey.”
“It’s great with me,” I said, relieved that Angelica liked Cat. I had already gotten used to the idea of cheaper rent but Caleb’s warning had made me nervous. If Angelica liked Cat, though, I could count on her being safe. “I was just waiting for the okay from you.”
“Are you two for real?” Doug sneered. “I’ve never seen two women get along so well in my life. Of course, the only women I really know are my wife and daughter, and you know how tensions can flow there—”
Cat beamed. “Thank you,” she said over Doug’s rambling. “I can actually move in right now. My bag’s in my car.”
“Don’t you think you should get some money up front?” Doug whispered in my ear so suddenly that I almost jumped. I hated the way ghosts could invade
I was halfway down the hall when Angelica’s voice stopped me. “So, what did Caleb want to talk to you about?”
I walked back into the kitchen. “What?”
“He came to the apartment looking for you. He said he had to talk to you about something important. I told him about Reid harassing you and sent him to the store. I figure with all that time you spent with Jed in the emergency room, he must have talked to you about whatever it was.”
“We talked about a lot, but nothing important.” I racked my brain to be sure. I wasn’t hit in the head so hard that I wouldn’t remember, was I? “Are you sure he said it was important? Jed told me Caleb bumped into you and just happened to be in the area of the store so he and Jed decided to stop in.”
“That’s what I thought,” Angelica said with a nod as she rinsed her dish and stuck it in the dishwasher.
“What is what you thought?”
“He likes you. He wanted to ask you out. Why else would he make up that story about accidentally bumping into me? He wanted it to seem casual.”
I tried my very best not to roll my eyes. The idea of Caleb asking me out seemed silly at best. He had wanted to go to dinner with me, but that request had felt nothing like him asking me out. “I really don’t think that was what he wanted to talk to me about. Jed certainly didn’t say anything about it.” It bothered me that Caleb had lied about how he’d found out where I was, and I did wonder what could be so important that he’d track me down like that, but I figured I’d ask him when I saw him again.
“Okay, whatever. You don’t appreciate how attractive you are.”
“Angelica, I love you for thinking I’m so pursued by the opposite sex, but the truth is, they are hardly beating down my door.”
At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and Angelica gave me a pointed look and a smile. I rolled my eyes. “I’ve got to get ready for work.”
When I walked into the living room, showered and dressed for work, I found Angelica and Cat in deep conversation. Doug, my ghostly friend from the plane, sat in a dark corner, and he winked and waved at me when I looked at him. I hadn’t expected to see him again, but I ignored him and focused on the two living people in the room.
Angelica looked up as I walked in. “Here she is now. I was just telling Cat what a great roommate you are.”
“She really was,” Doug said. “She’s a sweet girl.”
I smiled and sat down on the couch next to Angelica. “Just don’t tell her about the super long showers I take.”
“You make up for it with all of the grocery shopping and cooking you do. Seriously, Cat, you’ll never go hungry here.”
Cat smiled and leaned back in the blue armchair. She seemed completely at ease and happy. Angelica usually brought out the best in people. “Sounds great to me. When can I move in?”
“Today, if you’d like,” Angelica said, then looked at me. “I mean, if it’s okay with Kelsey.”
“It’s great with me,” I said, relieved that Angelica liked Cat. I had already gotten used to the idea of cheaper rent but Caleb’s warning had made me nervous. If Angelica liked Cat, though, I could count on her being safe. “I was just waiting for the okay from you.”
“Are you two for real?” Doug sneered. “I’ve never seen two women get along so well in my life. Of course, the only women I really know are my wife and daughter, and you know how tensions can flow there—”
Cat beamed. “Thank you,” she said over Doug’s rambling. “I can actually move in right now. My bag’s in my car.”
“Don’t you think you should get some money up front?” Doug whispered in my ear so suddenly that I almost jumped. I hated the way ghosts could invade
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