I feel like I should be a bit furious. Not necessarily at Jonathan, but more at Melanie. There haven’t been many problems yet, but she seems to be at the center of all of them. Or most of them. Some of them? Whatever the case, she’s gotta be dealt with.

I’ve tried talking to her about it before. When she came back from her trip last week, I took her aside so I could handle things. But then she nibbled on my collarbone, and I forgot the English language. By the time I ...