Chapter 73. I’m Sorry

I wasn’t sure what those words sounded like as I bawled, but Virgil seemed to get the gist of what I was trying to tell him. He was muttering curses and banging around on something.

“I figured something like that was happening. Willow, listen to me. Go sit with Laura or take a bath or take a nap. Whatever. Just relax. I promise you everything will be okay. I’m tracking down something right now and then I’m coming over.”

“He won’t listen.”

“He will listen to me. What day was it last week that you were at the cafe? And what was the deli called that you ate at on Monday?”

I answered him, hiccupping between my words.

“Okay. Now can you go find Laura?”

“Yes.”

“Be brave, Willow. Everything will be okay.”

I wanted to believe him and tried to pull myself together enough to get down the rest of the stairs. It didn’t surprise me much when Laura appeared by my side a couple of minutes later, helping me down to my favorite spot in the library. Vir