Kali
A week passed. Ruelle settled in, and Forrest didn’t seem inclined to leave. Thankfully, Ruelle never displayed the kind of emotion she did on that first day. Either she didn’t hate me, or she pretended she didn’t. Either way, I was relieved. Gabby’s words were always ringing in my ears. She wasn’t my mother-in-law, but she sometimes felt like it.
The second tea blend she made for me worked like a charm, and the nausea stopped. Trick, I noticed, watched me more closely, but I ignored him. Except for when I was in his bed, I did my best to pretend that he didn’t exist, which seemed to suit him just fine.
Canon and Nico came to visit and, to my delight, brought Phoebe with them.
“I didn’t give them a choice,” she said after embracing me. “I told them either they took me, or I’d simp
