“So? After a second, he glanced back up at me. xxx Right. I mean, it was a little odd that Nick had something he specifically wanted to talk to me about, but she looked almost scared by that fact. Technically, intervening to defend someone else from imminent danger falls under that category.”
I decided to interject. He shrugged. That’s why we went upstairs, to get it all cleaned up.”
Nick seemed to be a lot more awake now, likely due to his caffeine pill having taken effect. “So, then why do they have you on the case at all if that’s what they think?”
Nick sighed, taking a bite of food before answering. I knew there were a lot of potential reasons for why she seemed so somber now, such as just the realization that I was growing up, or maybe even the fact that starting a relationship
