Amber
It had been a few days since the confrontation at the hospital. A few long, exhausting days.
But finally—finally—I was beginning to breathe normally again. Beginning to accept that everything would be fine. That Evalie and I would be okay, no matter what storms brewed outside the fragile little world we had built.
Today was Saturday—my day off—and I planned to make the most of it.
It wasn’t just any Saturday either. I had promised Evalie that if she aced her math test, we’d celebrate. And like the little genius she was, she had scored a perfect mark. My heart had almost burst with pride when her teacher emailed me the results.
We were supposed to have a full day together—just the two of us. First a trip to the amusement park, then a little shopping spree. Evalie had been eyeing a ridiculously expensive dollhouse for weeks now, and today, she was going to get it.
Ichika and Ken were out for the day—some sort of couple’s spa thing they’d been planning for weeks—so the house was bli
