Chapter 98: Unexpected Guest

There's someone right on the other side of the door, and the unexpected guest forces Trey to take a step back in surprise. I drop down to the kitchen floor and try not to make a sound, hoping they didn't see me through the opening to the kitchen.

"How did you get in my house?" The question echoes in the space.

You have to go through Trey's garage on the street level to reach the living area of the home, and as that thought sets in, I breathe a sigh of relief. Who else but Finn would have a key to the first floor?

"Your door was unlocked," a voice I never want to hear again answers. Mari.

I can't see anything and the hard tile floor bites into my knees, so I crawl to the side of the kitchen covered by a large column and slowly stand again. There is no way I want to be caught sitting down by Mari. Not twice in one night. But I'm also not going out there. I'll stand behind this column as long as I need to.

"So you opened it and came in? We are not together, Mari. You can't do th