“Thanks,” Lisa said, flashing a cheek-to-cheek smile. “Anyway, like I was saying, after my two showers and finding something to wear, I tried to call you, but someone had stepped on my phone. Do you believe it? Someone stomped on it, and it wasn’t even a year old. I was crushed. I mean, I was seriously devastated.”

Bennett bit the inside of her cheek to squelch the grin that was fighting to get out. “I’m sure you were.”

“I was,” Lisa said, casting Bennett a quick look. “Bigly.”

“And then what happened?”

“Well, since I don’t have a landline because, I mean, like no one has a landline anymore, I jumped into my car and zipped over to the brownstone.”

Bennett’s eyebrows drew together. “You went to the brownstone?”

“Yep, and I hope you don’t mind, but when you didn’t answer, I used my key and let myself in. Of course, I made myself known—duh. I mean, holy moly, there was no way in heck I wanted to find you and what’s-her-name going at it like lesbo bunnies. No way, José. Soooo, coming up empty, I chatted with Xi for a few, gave him some food, and then, of course, I had to clean up the litter box because he can be quite the stinky kitty at times. Pee-ew. You know?”

“Yes, I’m quite aware of Xi’s toilet habits,” Bennett said, humor dancing in her eyes. “Go on.”

“Well, since you don’t have a landline because, seriously, who has a landline anymore, I kind of paced around your place for a while until I remembered about the cell phone we use at the gallery. So, I jumped back into my car, zipped over to the gallery, and called you from there,” Lisa said, shooting Bennett yet another look. “But you didn’t pick up. Nope. Here’s Lisa back from the dead, and you’re off playing Candy Crush.”

Bennett bit back a laugh. “Trust me, I wasn’t playing any games.”

“No?”

“No.”

“Oh, okay.”

“So…you still haven’t told me how you found us?”

“I used the Find My Friends app on the phone, silly,” Lisa said before briefly looking in Bennett’s direction. “Oh yeah, before I forget, there’s something I just gotta ask you. How’s it feel to know you’ve been boinking your arch enemy’s sister? I mean, that must have been super special—huh?”

Bennett recoiled in her seat. “How did you—”

“I called Max while I was coming to find you. I figured if anyone knew what the heck was going on, it would be him. I mean, one minute, I’m all comfy in my apartment, and the next, I’m getting shish kebobbed. Kind of takes a girl back a step—you know?”

“Lisa—”