Chapter 28-1

I turned away from the woman and went back into the living room. It wasn't worth a fight. It wasn't worth Nikki getting in a fight. We just needed some distance between us. After maybe ten minutes, Nikki cleared her throat. I looked over at her, taking a second to glance at Abigail over her shoulder before giving her my complete attention. "Mikko wants to talk to you upstairs." Her smile was weak, but I never expected a smile to be on her face, not when she was as mad as I knew she was. "Upstairs where? I've never been here before." I wanted to stay here, with the fire, but I knew that wouldn't last very long. "Finn's office is the set of double doors at the top of the stairs," she said with a frown. "I'm not allowed to go up there with you." I looked over at the stairs. The woman was standing there, looking like she was minding her own business, but she was listening to us as she stared at her nails. She was waiting for confrontation now that all the witnesse