Chapter 43. Trouble in Paradise

Joan POV

“You disappeared! I couldn't find you anywhere,” Rhoda said and I sighed, lying on my side and automatically cuddling my pillow.

“Had to return home early, I got my period,” I muttered and she gasped.

“Oh my God, Jo. I'm sorry I wasn't there to help,” her voice sounded a bit muffled through the line and I closed my eyes.

“Yeah, it's all good. Your brother let me use his bathroom.. Good of him,” I said, keeping out the remaining details. He'd carried me, ran a bath for me, let me wear his shirt and drove me home.

He was sweet, when he wasn't acting like he had a stick up his ass.

“Oh. That's nice of him,” Rhoda said, but she sounded quite odd.

“Should I come over?” she asked and I shook my head. The last thing I wanted was details of how she and her boyfriend had sex.

At least not now.

“Nope. You stay with Lucas, I'll be fine,” I muttered, just as a knock came on my door. I g