“And honestly, so am I.”

“He is putting a chemical in my tea every single evening,” I said, leaning forward.

Chloe pulled her hands back toward her chest and let out a long breath through her nose.

She pushed her untouched coffee mug three inches away, her fingers trembling slightly against the red glazed ceramic.

The rain washed down her third-floor windowpane in crooked gray streaks.

“Aunt Margaret, stop,” Chloe said.