I SHOT UPalmost instantly and followed her.I wanted to get out of that room. Scratch that, Ineeded to get out of that room. Another minute in there and I might have resorted to making a secret network of tunnels like the Parker Tunnels inLiv and Maddie to get to different places.
IT WAS THE same lake I saw that night, except now it could be clearly seen in daylight. There was a wooded ledge that led slightly deeper into the water which was so transparent that the bottom easily. Trees surrounded it, making it seem like a forest, which would make sense considering the cabin-like house. In a distance, rising above the trees were jagged mountains, covered in snow, their black rock only partially visible.The sight was something I had seen only
"CAN WE TRUST you not to run away? Like, again?" I was jolted awake early in the morning just because Justin, Drake and Parker had to go to college.I ought to be angry, but I was overwhelmed by surprise by the fact that Justin was educated. I had told him as much, to which he just glared. He seemed incapable of doing anything different for a change. I was convinced that anger management classes were on his everyday schedule.As sad as it was, I was used to glares. I was accustomed to receiving them from everyone who couldn't tolerate my father. I never glared back. I found hostility pointless. That was another reason I wasn't the perfect candidate for running a company- my competitive spirit was rusty."I told you once and I'll tell you again," I sighed through my nose, "I am not going to run away." Not without proving to you that you're wrong about my father."I don't trust you," Justin said bluntly, face blank. "I say we get a cage," he suggested to Drake and Parker. I looked at hi
EVEN THE NUTELLA got more attention than me.Why did that thought even cross my mind? I knew it.I knew it. These guys were probably drug addicts and I was high on Nutella."What do you mean? Is there something mixed in-"
"COME ON IT'Salmost noon."Parker came into my room and found me sleeping, he made a mission of waking me up. I had only pulled the wondrously white sheets over my head, b
"YOU HAVE TO teach me," Parker said, bursting into the room suddenly- so suddenly that I almost jumped out of my skin.I looked at him, puzzled. "Teach you what?"He gave a blank look like it was obvious what he was t
"WHERE'S JUSTIN?"Parker was making pancakes (yes, it was pancake mix, but I think you can give him credit for not burning it) and Drake was sitting next to me, propped in the counter next to my chair, shoving them down with inhumane speed.
I LOCKED MYSELF inside my room- well, technically Aria's room- for the rest of the day. I found something or the other to keep myself busy.I was trying to isolate myself from the rest of them, but it really didn't help that Parker and Drake came in to ask me about the most random things.