Chapter 32

Matt tucked his shirt into his pants. Jodi put on a pink satin robe and tied the sash into a bow. She kept facing the mirror, watching him getting dressed.

Matt zipped his pants and then bent down to pick up his gun holster. He put it around him. He glanced up at her and caught her looking at him through the mirror. “What’s wrong?” he asked as he fastened his belt.

She turned her head. She had to do it. It was for the best, the best for him. “We can’t do this anymore,” she spat out.

He smiled. “Jodi, I promise I won’t come here in the middle of the day like this again.”

Jodi squeezed her eyes shut, willing to black out what she was about to say next. “No, I mean, it’s over. I don’t want to see you anymore unless it’s by accident.”

Dead silence.

She slowly opened her eyes and turned around to look at him. Matt’s jaw was tight. His eyes were almost as big as quarters.

“It had to end sometime. We both knew this couldn’t last forever,” she pushed out of her mouth.

“Did we?”

She could te