Patrick hung up the phone and wandered into the next room to find Hailey going through the kitchen.

"Wow, you have a lot of booze. Seriously. Are you having a party or something?"

"I, uh, I was, but it got cancelled." None of her business. "Hey, I just talked to Anthony. We're gonna go hang out. You'll be okay here, right?"

Her back tensed until he could have bounced a quarter off of it. "Yeah, that'sthat's fine. I'll be fine."

"Good." He shifted from one ...