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I don’t know if I’m relieved or furious.

Both feels too small.

My phone buzzes on the counter.

I grab it.

Legend.

“What?” I bark.

A beat of silence.

Then his voice, rough. “You know?”

My blood goes cold again. “Know what?”

He curses.

That tells me enough.

“You knew?” I say.

“No. I woke up to Holler at my gate looking like a man whose wife just made him stupid by association.”

“Holler’s back?”

“Early.”

I close my eyes.

Lottie’s done it.

“Where are they?” I ask.

“Come to the clubhouse.”

“No.”

“Derby.”

“Tell me where they are.”

“Come to the clubhouse before you do something stupid.”

“I’m already dressed.”

“Then you’re halfway there.”

I hang up.

Not mature.

Don’t care.

I shove Amelia’s note into my pocket, grab my keys, and step outside.

The little dinosaur keychain she bought me hangs from the ring.