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“She'll be fine.”
    “ That's good.” Kailani paused. “Listen, do you want to come to my apartment?”
    He smirked. “That will be $1,500.00 for the entire night.”
    “ Fifteen hundred?” Kailani exclaimed. “Are you worth that much?”
    He laughed but seriousness returned to him. “You know how much I'm worth,” he said. “I just told you.” He sighed. “It was an easy way to raise money to feed the animals, Kailani. Tubbo ate 50 pounds of meat every day and that isn't including what I had to feed the others. I'm not rich. I had to do something.”
    It was a lot for Kailani to digest. She was quiet.
    “ What's wrong?” he asked.
    “ I don't have fifteen hundred dollars,” she said, grinning at him.
    He smiled. “How about free to a good home? Only for a few hours, until I get my head on straight. Do you have coffee?”
    “ I make the best coffee on the island,” she said, standing up and offering him a hand.
    He stood up. “You're kind to take in someone you don't approve of,” he said.
    “ I approve of you,” she said. “I didn't understand what you were doing.”
    “ I don't think anyone did but I never explained it to anyone before either,” Josh said. He put an arm around her shoulders and they walked along the beach. “I think you're the one who needs rescuing,” he said.
    “ Me?”
    “ Mmm hmm,” he said.
    There was no sense in denying it. He could see the loneliness in her. He recognized it. “If you think I'm in bad shape,” Kailani said, “you should see the plant on my table.”
    He laughed.
    Chapter 7
    When Kailani opened the door to her apartment, she knew something was wrong.
    “ Is something burning?” Josh asked.
    She turned the light on and went into the kitchen. “I left the coffee maker on.” She held up the glass carafe with the burnt, black sludge in the bottom. “Welcome to my world,” she said with a little smile.
    Kailani sighed and ran hot water into it. “This is going to take forever to clean.”
    “ Here,” Josh said, taking it from her hand. “Let me do this. Do you have any salt?”
    “ Salt?” she asked. “Sure.” She handed him the salt shaker and turned the fans on in the windows. She looked over at the near-dead plant on her table and rolled her eyes. She picked it up and carried it over to show Josh. “You see?”
    “ Wow,” he said in a somber tone. He grinned. “No green thumbs, hm?”
    Kailani smiled and held it over the garbage can.
    “ Don't throw it away,” Josh said. “It's still alive.”
    She winced realizing the impact of his words. “Ok. I'm sorry.”
    “ I'll take a look at it,” Josh said. “I can only handle one disaster at a time.”
    She put the plant on the counter next to him and went into the living room. Kailani turned the lamp on and the light bulb flashed and went out.
    “ What was that?” Josh asked, turning around and looking at her. She was turning the switch for the lamp on and off.
    “ The light bulb blew out,” she said.
    “ Sit down,” he said, encouraging her. He left the carafe on the counter next to the near-dead plant and came over, placing his hands on her shoulders. “Here, sit on your couch and rest. Put your feet up.”
    “ I'm not a walking disaster,” Kailani protested. “I handle everything in my life all at one time.”
    “ Maybe you're doing too much and no one is taking care of you,” he suggested.
    Kailani sighed , “Maybe.” She put her feet up on the coffee table and leaned back. He went back into the kitchen. “I never burn anything at the diner,” she announced.
    “ I know you don't,” he said, smiling at her. “The coffee will be ready in a moment.”
    Josh finished cleaning out the carafe, brewed the coffee and carried the plant to the table in the living room. “I think the pot is too small.”
    “ Really?” Kailani sat up and looked at it.
    “ The roots need more room to grow,” Josh said. “Do you have a larger container?”
    “ Sure,” she said. She