The police have taken it as a missing person’s case and said they’ll look into Rev and any potential motivation. They said a lot, actually, and it was all the right things, but no one has reached out since, and I have the feeling that Colin has been forgotten about amidst all the other missing people being reported daily.

“Let’s see …” Lars pours himself a coffee with one hand and thumbs through his phone with the other. “Here we go. Capricorn.” He hums as he reads. “Interesting …”

“What’s interesting?”

“Never mind. You don’t believe in it.”

“I don’t.”

“So then you don’t need to know what’s interesting.”

That asshole. He grins at me because we both know what he’s doing. Joke’s on him, though, because I can go and Google that shit myself. Except I might not get the same thing he has since I know he subscribes to certain horoscopy places.

“I know you want to tell me,” I say, taking the mug he offers. “Just get on with it.”

“I’m good. Oh, look. Taurus will need to run errands, and traffic might be an issue. There you go. If I’m not around, that’s where I’ll be.”

“Bad traffic in Seattle? Wow. I’m sure glad you had your horoscopes to give you the heads-up.”

“Yours was better.”

“I’m sure it was.”

He’s bouncing on his toes, and I know it’s killing him. I don’t believe in horoscopes. I know they’re wild guesswork and vague enough that you can interpret them to any aspect of your life. The errands and traffic thing was specific, but those aren’t a huge reach. All it takes is Lars remembering he needs to do something, and suddenly, he remembers his horoscope and dubs it right. Self-fulfilling prophecy and all that.

Even with all that rationalizing, it doesn’t dim my curiosity.

Lars is downing his coffee like the faster he drinks it, the easier it will be to keep his mouth shut.

I sigh and turn to lean against the counter. “Tell me.”

“Fine. Apparently, you’re going to get into an altercation with a business or romantic partner, and you’ll need to try and see things from their point of view before turning it into a bigger deal than it is.”

Okay, that was almost as specific as his was. “I don’t have a romantic partner …”

“Could be a good sign that Colin will show back up though.”

I’m not going to put all my hope about that into a horoscope. “Sure. Some random person on the internet said it, so it must be true.”

“We’ll see, I guess.”