She set her phone down, well aware that Harrow hadn’t averted her gaze and was still waiting for Tobin to elaborate.
“If you’re waiting for details,” Tobin said dryly, “you’ll be waiting a long time. I’m not as vulnerable as I was last night.”
“You shouldn’t have to feel vulnerable to share a little detail with your favorite sister.” Harrow’s grin curved knowingly. “Come on, T! It’s been so long…” She let the sentence dangle.
“Yeah, well. Last I checked, you are just as capable as I am of acquiring…” She paused, contemplating. “Trysts.”
She took a sip of coffee, eyeing Harrow over the rim of her cup. “Maybe you should take your own advice and let loose a little.” Steam curled between them as she raised her eyebrows.
Harrow’s shoulders slumped, realizing she would not be getting any more details. “I cancel my whole night for you, force myself to work on a Saturday after taking care of you all night, and you won’t even give me one teensy, tiny detail about the most romantic encounter either of us has had in months?”
Tobin smirked. She knew she had the upper hand—and she couldn’t resist teasing her, even at the expense of disregarding her own boundaries. Though reluctant to break precedence, she decided to share one tiny, seemingly innocuous detail.
She rolled the words off her tongue, elongating an unnecessarily short delivery. “Upside. Down.”
Then she pushed off the counter and strolled out to patio to drink her coffee in peace.
Just as expected, Harrow chased after her. “What do you mean,upside down?”she whined.
“Nope. That’s all you’re getting.”
“Tobin! What the hell! You can’t just dangle that in front of me and then refuse to elaborate. I have questions!” Harrow exclaimed, exasperated.
“I can. And I just did.”
“Tobin!”
“Don’t you have work to finish? Or something?” Tobin countered, just as the unmistakable buzz of her phone vibrated against her thigh.
Again, she was disappointed.
ANCHOR—8:07 a.m.
They’re doing really well. No fights, and only
two are on hunger strikes!! I’ll be spending
most of the day with those two, trying to earn
their trust.
TOBIN—8:08 a.m.
That’s great news. I work M-W this
week, but I’ll come out on Thursday to
see how things are developing.
ANCHOR—8:09am
Great!!! Have a good week until then. SOOO
glad you’re doing better.
Tobin looked up from her phone to see Harrow still watching her expectantly. “Well?”
“I’m not giving you any more details,” she smirked. Harrow flopped dramatically on the couch. “Fun hater.”
