Chapter 57 Not Now

• Nina
• I come home after a long day, already feeling like my head’s about to explode. The council meeting went as well as I could have hoped, but there’s still this gnawing feeling in my gut. Like I’m walking on a tightrope, one wrong step and everything’s going to fall apart.
• I push open the door to my house and stop dead in my tracks. Standing in my living room, with her arms crossed and that tight, judgmental look on her face, is Lydia Davenport.