Lib Novel Page 42
“And you intervened?”
“Yeah.”
“Hm,” she said, and I couldn’t tell what it meant. “Did you throw him out?”
“I got him to leave.”
“Good for you. I’m sure the girl appreciated it.”
“Audrey.”
The corners of her lips twitched. “So you do know her.”
“She’s a tenant.”
“But you know her name.”
“Yeah. She’s a tenant.”
“Tell me the name of one of your other tenants. Any one.”
I went back to my food.
“See? You don’t remember names unless they’re important to you.”
“She’s not important to me. She’s a pain in my ass. I had to help her hold a funeral for a dead squirrel this morning.”
Dad came in through the back door right as I saiddead squirrel. His brow furrowed. “Where was there a dead squirrel?”
“Audrey’s house,” Mom chimed in.
“Who’s Audrey?” Dad asked.
“The girl Josiah saved from her ex-boyfriend at the Timberbeast.”
His thick brows drew in closer. “Why did a girl’s ex-boyfriend have a dead squirrel?”
I dropped my fork onto the plate. “That’s what I’d like to know.”
It was Mom’s turn to look confused. “What does the dead squirrel have to do with her ex?”
“The dead squirrel was at the Timberbeast?” Dad asked. “I thought you said Audrey’s house. The Timberbeast has had a squirrel problem ever since that Bailey prank all those years ago. Not usually dead ones, though.”
“No, dead squirrel, her house,” I said, gesturing like I was putting something in a box. “Douchey ex, Timberbeast.”
“Then why are we talking about dead squirrels?” Dad asked.
“Because Josiah likes her,” Mom said.
I groaned.
“The squirrel?” Dad asked.
“No, Audrey.”
“Who’s Audrey?”
“One of your tenants,” Mom said. “Josiah intervened at the Timberbeast when her ex was harassing her. And he held a funeral for a dead squirrel at her house. Those are separate things.”