I immediatley recognized one of the pairs as Kevin's sneakers. Rummaging through my purse I found the spare keys I had for those rare days the front d...sk girl called in sick and I had to open the studio myself. I unlocked the door, entered the alarm code and stepped into the suspicious darkness.I flicked on the front desk lights and the lobby lit up. I called Kevin's cell one last time and again I got no answer. I locked the front door behind me and started snooping.The gym was kind of creepy. I was visiting my wife at Clency.”“Did the visit not go well?”“Not at all.” He flopped into an easy chair with worn, velvet upholstery.“What happened to her?” Annie asked. “How did she end up there? If you don’t mind telling me.”“I’ve never told you?”Annie shook her head. “No.”He sighed. “Corinne was a registered nurse ... good one, too. She had empathy with her patients ... took good care of them. One day she developed a rash. It turned out to be MRSA.”“What’s that?”“It’s a staph infection. So back to the party. Turns out, Hunter went kind of crazy and broke the vase that my mom’s mom’s mom (great grandma for short) had with a baseball bat, so he got kicked out. Trust me, by this point, everyone was relieved. Hunter’s such a loser. At about 10:00 PM everyone had cleared out, besides my girlfriend, and we were all wondering when her mom would come and pick her up, but it turns out her mom would be a little bit late due to a fire in North Charleston (she is a firewoman) and she. He needs to come grovel at your feet, Island Girl. He screwed up royally.’ She tapped the table with a long, tapered nail to make her point. ‘It’s been two days, he’s taking too long to start the groveling.’ ‘Good to have you on my side, Chi-town,’ Lani said with a small smile. How a girl from Honolulu had become best friends with one from Chicago, she’d never quite know, but she’d always be grateful. ‘I guess it was just . . . a misunderstanding. That first weekend . . . it was so intense, but.