If a shop was going to open, it first needed to be renovated.
The outer door and the sign definitely needed replacing, and the shop's interior needed some new furnishings. The most crucial item was a strength tester; Paige Summers certainly didn't want to keep having people throw punches at her to test them... But Claire Chapman had taken on all of these tasks. With a shrug, Paige decided she might as well sequester herself and focus on crafting weapons.
Before all that, Nadia finally came looking for her.
To be more precise, she had already tried to visit countless times.
She had woken up that morning with a splitting headache, and it wasn't long before she remembered what she'd done. She had been on edge ever since. Even Evan Pierce leaving, his subsequent return and apology, and their reconciliation—none of it caused the emotional turmoil she would have expected.
