#Chapter 249: Always so strong

Fiona I stopped my anxious pacing for a moment when I was right in front of Nina. She was sitting cross-legged in one of the armchairs by our café table. “Am I crazy, Nina? Am I being really extra about this?” “No,” she said firmly. “Fi. You’re not the one who’s crazy here. I have looked in that bitch’s eyes now and I believe more than ever that there is something really weird going on with her. She’s twitchy and suspicious as fuck. And just… off. When someone’s eyes go all crazy big like that, where you can see the whites all around? It’s freaky. I don’t think it’s crazy to be creeped out by her, babe. And there’s no harm in being overly cautious till Alex can get his ass back here and get her gone.” I returned to pacing, hugging Lexi to my chest perhaps a bit too tightly. She squirmed and made a small, squeaky sound of disapproval. It wasn’t super easy to adjust my hold on the baby when I was trying not to let our skin make contact. I hated doing that—holding my sleeves over my