Chapter 153

“Take a breath. One day at a time, okay? You’ll get through this.”

Trees nodded like he didn’t quite believe him and didn’t want to argue. “Let’s talk about something else. What’s up with you and Tessa?”

“I don’t want to bore you. I don’t understand it enough to explain, anyway.”

“She’s pushing back?”

“She’s pushing me away.”

Trees scowled. “I would have sworn that woman loves you.”

“I thought so, too, but she’s never said that in so many words. And now she’s barely answering my texts. Something is…weird. Something is wrong.”

“Well, that’s definitely not right.”

“I don’t know. Maybe I pushed for too much too fast. I told her at Christmas that I love her. About three minutes after we got the all-clear to have more than a working relationship, I asked her to move in with me. She says she needs time to think. But it doesn’t feel like she’s thinking; it feels like she’s just putting daylight between us.”

Trees frowned. “So what if yo