Chapter 56 Surprise Visit

• "Alex," Maggie moves fast ahead so she is facing me, and she walks backward, "Give me the full story. I literally just saved your life, Claire would have torn into you, both figuratively and literally, that bitch is crazy. I think I deserve as much." She says, her eyes narrowed comically at me.
• "What full story?" I say, doing the worst deflection I could manage. I yawn, Maggie frowns at me.
• "Don't you dare give me that." Maggie says, she grabs me by the shoulders and shake. I just laugh. I am deliriously tired that my dread at the possibility of Claire seeing us kiss, or how dangerous my recklessness was, diminishes.