No Longer His Convenient Wife
Rain was crouched beside the basil, yanking weeds so well it made me think he’d actually been paying attention during our crash course in vegetable gardening while River was two rows over, crouched low, murmuring words to a zucchini plant.
“You’re doing amazing,” he said, dead serious. “Really stellar growth. I’m so proud of you.”
I looked at Rain. “Does he do this often?”
“Every single day,” Rain muttered without looking up.
Their last Velvet Jacks gig got postponed again—some venue double-booked—so now they’ve got all this extra energy and nowhere to put it except my poor basil.”
“The plants like encouragement,” River called over. “It’s science.”
“It’s not science,” Rain shot back.