Summary

In Chapter 15, Phoebe and Sam finished painting after midnight. He asked her to come over for a swim in his pool, and she agreed. While swimming, she kissed him and then they had sex. The next morning, Conner knocked at the door looking for Phoebe. Phoebe told Sam to distract him so she could sneak out the back. Sam realized this meant she did not want a relationship with him and looked sad.

In Chapter 16, Phoebe had lunch with Conner, and he told her that he was proposing to Shani on the Fourth of July. After he left, the cat, Lenore, returned, and Phoebe let her in. Phoebe went back to Sam’s house and apologized. She asked if they could just be “neighbors who hook up” and invited him to Fourth of July. He said he would let her know. She went...