I wheezed as I hauled a heavy box out of the elevator and into my apartment.

“You know, I could’ve helped you,” Luke said and I quickly caught my phone before it could slide off of the box along with my mail, canceling the speaker and putting it to my ear.

“Hush, you have work to do and seeing as I’ve been declared a distraction and you’re slightly behind, the only muscle you should be using right now is your brain.”

With that, I shoved the ...