Taylor, not gifted with subtlety, answered with a regularly-volumed voice. "No. I need to talk about Joel stuff with you. You need to know." She slowly turned to face me, and just looked at me. Morgan turned and looked at me too, then back to Taylor. "I think... Quinn should know too?" Taylor continued, with a lot less confidence.

"And this can't wait?" Morgan asked.

Taylor shook her head no and, winning Morgan's approval, motioned for me to come upstairs with them. I sighed, said my goodbyes to Doug, and followed the two of them into Morgan's room.

"Okay, so what is it?" Morgan asked in a borderline impatient voice....